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{{short description|Shooting at an Orthodox Church in Dagestan}}
{{short description|Shooting at an Orthodox Church in Dagestan}}
{{Infobox civilian attack
{{Infobox civilian attack
|title=Kizlyar church shooting
| title = Kizlyar church shooting
|partof=[[Terrorism in Russia]], [[Insurgency in the North Caucasus]]
| partof = [[Islamic State insurgency in the North Caucasus]], [[Terrorism in Russia]] and [[Islamic terrorism in Europe]]
|image = Свято-Георгиевский храм г. Кизляр.jpg
| image = Свято-Георгиевский храм г. Кизляр.jpg
|location=[[Kizlyar]], [[Dagestan]], [[Russia]]
| location = [[Kizlyar]], [[Dagestan]], [[Russia]]
|date=February 18, 2018
| date = 18 February 2018
| coordinates = {{Coord|43.8554|46.7142|type:event_region:RU|display=it}}
|type=Shooting
| type = [[Mass shooting]]
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|fatalities=6 (including the shooter)
| weapons = *[[Double-barreled shotgun]]
|injuries=5
*Knife
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|perp={{flag|Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant}} (ISIL)
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| fatalities = 6 (including the perpetrator)
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|assailant=Khalil Khalilov}}
| injuries = 4<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dag.aif.ru/incidents/opublikovan_spisok_pogibshih_i_postradavshih_v_rezultate_strelby_v_kizlyare|title=Опубликован список погибших и пострадавших в результате стрельбы в Кизляре|date=Feb 18, 2018|website=dag.aif.ru|access-date=Oct 26, 2019}}</ref>
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On February 18, 2018, a 22-year-old man local to the Russia’s southern province of [[Dagestan]] carrying a knife and a [[double-barreled shotgun]] opened fire on a crowd at an Orthodox church in [[Kizlyar]], killing five women and injuring several other people, including two police and two critically hurt.<ref name=NYT>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/18/world/europe/russia-dagestan-attack.html|title=ISIS Claims Deadly Attack on Church in Russian Region of Dagestan|last=Kramer|first=Andrew E.|date=18 February 2018|work=The New York Times|accessdate=27 March 2018|last2=Callimachi|first2=Rukmini}}</ref> He was shot and killed by police on duty nearby.
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| perp = {{flag|Islamic State}} (IS)
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| assailant = Khalil Khalilov
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On 18 February 2018, a 22-year-old man local to the Russia's southern republic of [[Dagestan]] carrying a knife and a [[double-barreled shotgun]] opened fire on a crowd at an Orthodox church in [[Kizlyar]], Dagestan, killing five women and injuring several other people, including two police and three others.<ref name=NYT>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/18/world/europe/russia-dagestan-attack.html|title=ISIS Claims Deadly Attack on Church in Russian Region of Dagestan|last1=Kramer|first1=Andrew E.|date=18 February 2018|work=The New York Times|access-date=27 March 2018|last2=Callimachi|first2=Rukmini}}</ref> He was shot and killed by police on duty nearby.


The attack occurred as churchgoers celebrated the [[Sunday of Forgiveness]], the last day of [[Maslenitsa|Cheesefare week]], a Christian holiday marking the last day before [[Lent]] according to the eastern Orthodox calendar.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-dagestan-shooting/five-killed-in-attack-on-church-in-russias-dagestan-agencies-idUSKCN1G20NV|title=Five killed in attack on church in Russia's Dagestan: agencies|date=18 February 2018|agency=[[Reuters]]|accessdate=27 March 2018}}</ref>
The attack occurred as churchgoers celebrated the [[Sunday of Forgiveness]], the last day of [[Maslenitsa|Cheesefare week]], a Christian holiday marking the last day before [[Lent]] according to the eastern Orthodox calendar.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-dagestan-shooting/five-killed-in-attack-on-church-in-russias-dagestan-agencies-idUSKCN1G20NV|title=Five killed in attack on church in Russia's Dagestan: agencies|date=18 February 2018|work=[[Reuters]]|access-date=27 March 2018}}</ref>


The [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant]] (ISIL) named the man Khalil al-Dagestani, one of its soldiers. Police named him Khalil Khalilov.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-43105171|title=Russia Dagestan shooting: Five women killed in attack on churchgoers|publisher=[[BBC News]]|date=19 February 2018|accessdate=27 March 2018}}</ref> Pro-ISIL social media later shared a video of a masked man with a shotgun and knife, said to be the killer, pledging his allegiance to [[Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi]].<ref name=NYT/>
The [[Islamic State]] (IS) named the man Khalil al-Dagestani, one of its soldiers. Police named him Khalil Khalilov.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-43105171|title=Russia Dagestan shooting: Five women killed in attack on churchgoers|publisher=[[BBC News]]|date=19 February 2018|access-date=27 March 2018}}</ref> Pro-IS social media later shared a video of a masked man with a shotgun and knife, said to be the killer, pledging his allegiance to [[Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi]].<ref name=NYT/>

==See also==
*[[2024 Dagestan attacks]]


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Latest revision as of 01:05, 21 December 2024

Kizlyar church shooting
Part of Islamic State insurgency in the North Caucasus, Terrorism in Russia and Islamic terrorism in Europe
LocationKizlyar, Dagestan, Russia
Coordinates43°51′19″N 46°42′51″E / 43.8554°N 46.7142°E / 43.8554; 46.7142
Date18 February 2018
Attack type
Mass shooting
Weapons
Deaths6 (including the perpetrator)
Injured4[1]
Perpetrator Islamic State (IS)
AssailantKhalil Khalilov

On 18 February 2018, a 22-year-old man local to the Russia's southern republic of Dagestan carrying a knife and a double-barreled shotgun opened fire on a crowd at an Orthodox church in Kizlyar, Dagestan, killing five women and injuring several other people, including two police and three others.[2] He was shot and killed by police on duty nearby.

The attack occurred as churchgoers celebrated the Sunday of Forgiveness, the last day of Cheesefare week, a Christian holiday marking the last day before Lent according to the eastern Orthodox calendar.[3]

The Islamic State (IS) named the man Khalil al-Dagestani, one of its soldiers. Police named him Khalil Khalilov.[4] Pro-IS social media later shared a video of a masked man with a shotgun and knife, said to be the killer, pledging his allegiance to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Опубликован список погибших и пострадавших в результате стрельбы в Кизляре". dag.aif.ru. Feb 18, 2018. Retrieved Oct 26, 2019.
  2. ^ a b Kramer, Andrew E.; Callimachi, Rukmini (18 February 2018). "ISIS Claims Deadly Attack on Church in Russian Region of Dagestan". The New York Times. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  3. ^ "Five killed in attack on church in Russia's Dagestan: agencies". Reuters. 18 February 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  4. ^ "Russia Dagestan shooting: Five women killed in attack on churchgoers". BBC News. 19 February 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
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