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Dagestan church shooting leaves five dead in Kizlyar Russia Dagestan shooting: Five women killed in attack on churchgoers
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Five people have been killed in a shooting at a Christian church in the Russian republic of Dagestan. Five women have been killed in a shooting at a Christian church in Russia's volatile republic of Dagestan.
Five others were also injured in the shooting, Russia's interior ministry said. Five others, including a police officer and a national guardsman, were injured, Russian officials said.
A local man fired at people leaving an evening service in the city of Kizlyar, Russia's Tass news agency said. A man fired at people leaving an evening service in the city of Kizlyar.
The attacker was shot and killed at the scene, and two police officers were among the wounded, the news agency reports. The attacker was shot and killed at the scene. He was later identified as 22-year-old Khalil Khalilov, a resident of Dagestan. The Islamic State (IS) group said it was behind the attack.
Russian media report that the attacker used a hunting rifle, opening fire on worshippers leaving a service during the Maslenitsa celebrations - a traditional pre-Lent festival. The gunman used a hunting rifle, opening fire on worshippers leaving a service during celebrations for Maslenitsa - a traditional pre-Lent festival, Russian media report.
The Islamic State group later said - through its information wing Amaq -that one of its "soldiers" had carried out the attack. Four women were killed at the scene, and another woman died later in a hospital.
However, it provided no evidence to back up its claims. The attacker was identified by Russian media as a man who was born in the region in 1995.
IS made the claim in the name of its so-called "Caucasus Province", the last official branch set up by the group.
Since its launch in 2015, that branch has remained relatively quiet, making only a number of low-profile attacks against security personnel in Dagestan.
Russian news outlet RBK Daily quoted an Orthodox priest as saying the attack took place immediately following the afternoon service.Russian news outlet RBK Daily quoted an Orthodox priest as saying the attack took place immediately following the afternoon service.
"We had finished the mass and were beginning to leave the church. A bearded man ran towards the church shouting 'Allahu Akbar' (God is greatest) and killed four people," the priest said."We had finished the mass and were beginning to leave the church. A bearded man ran towards the church shouting 'Allahu Akbar' (God is greatest) and killed four people," the priest said.
"He was carrying a rifle and a knife," he added."He was carrying a rifle and a knife," he added.
The injured have been taken to hospital, and a criminal investigation has been opened into the attack. IS later said - through its information wing Amaq - that one of its "soldiers" had carried out the attack.
Dagestan, located in Russia's North Caucasus near Chechnya and Georgia, is an ethnically diverse and largely Muslim federal republic. However, it provided no evidence to back up its claims.
IS made the claim in the name of its so-called "Caucasus Province", the last official branch set up by the group in 2015.
The branch has claimed a number of deadly attacks against security personnel in Dagestan.
Dagestan, located in Russia's North Caucasus, is an ethnically diverse and largely Muslim federal republic.