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Russian church shooting: Four people killed in Dagestan attack Russian church shooting: Four people killed in Dagestan attack
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Russian news agency Tass is reporting that a gunman opened fire on people leaving a church service in Russia's Dagestan region, killing four and wounding four others. Tass said the Sunday shooting occurred outside a church in the town of Kizlyar. The agency cited Mayor Alexander Shuvalov as the source for the number of people killed and wounded.    A gunman has opened fire with a hunting rifle on churchgoers leaving a service in Russia's Dagestan region, killing four people and wounding four others.
Police then killed the assailant.
The shooting took place on Sunday evening in Kizlyar, a town of about 50,000 people on the border with Chechnya.
State news agency Tass cited mayor Alexander Shuvalov as saying four people were killed and four wounded.
The motive for the shooting was not immediately known.
Dagestan is a predominantly Muslim region between Chechnya and the Caspian Sea.
Following two separatist wars in neighbouring Chechnya, an Islamist insurgency spread to Dagestan.
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