Attackers on church, synagogue in Derbent planned to attack Shiite mosque

The militants who attacked churches and synagogues in Dagestan also planned to attack a Shiite mosque, Dagestani Interior Minister Abdurashid Magomedov said, Report informs via TASS.

"It has been verified by now that these people who desecrated the synagogue and church in Derbent, they <…> also planned to do the same in a Shiite mosque. They did not do this only due to certain circumstances I’d prefer not to dwell on now," he said at a meeting with public activists.

On June 23, a group of terrorists attacked two Orthodox churches and two synagogues in Derbent and Makhachkala. Several people, both law enforcement agencies and civilians, were killed and wounded.