Attackers used automatic rifles around 5:50 p.m. local time at the synagogue in Derbent, just 40 minutes before evening prayers, then drove away in a white Volkswagen Polo car, officials reported.

Gunmen attacked a synagogue in Makhachkala, while a 110-year-old synagogue in Derbent burned down during the attack. The region’s small Jewish community dates back to the sixth century ...

The press service of the Interior Ministry for Dagestan said earlier that the synagogue and the church were on fire in Derbent after the attack of militants MAKHACHKALA, June 24. /TASS/.

TASS/. Two synagogues in Dagestan - in Derbent and Makhachkala - were attacked by terrorists on Sunday, the Russian Jewish Congress said. "An attack on the synagogue in Derbent was staged at about ...