Officials in Russia’s volatile North Caucasus republic of Daghestan say an imam and another person have been shot dead in an attack on a mosque.
Officials said the attackers also set the mosque on fire in the attack shortly before midnight on June 28 in the settlement of Karamakhi, in the Buinaksk district.
According to a spokesman for the Daghestani Interior Ministry, several masked men broke into the mosque and opened fire at imam Magomedkamil Gamzatov and a visitor.
The spokesman said the attackers then set the mosque on fire and fled in a “stolen car.”
The fire was reportedly extinguished by local residents.
There was no immediate indication of who may have been responsible.
Officials said the attackers also set the mosque on fire in the attack shortly before midnight on June 28 in the settlement of Karamakhi, in the Buinaksk district.
According to a spokesman for the Daghestani Interior Ministry, several masked men broke into the mosque and opened fire at imam Magomedkamil Gamzatov and a visitor.
The spokesman said the attackers then set the mosque on fire and fled in a “stolen car.”
The fire was reportedly extinguished by local residents.
There was no immediate indication of who may have been responsible.
