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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.
On February 18, 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]], 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.


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|agency=[[Reuters]]|accessdate=27 March 2018}}</ref>

Revision as of 21:36, 19 May 2020

Kizlyar church shooting
Part of Terrorism in Russia, Insurgency in the North Caucasus
LocationKizlyar, Dagestan, Russia
DateFebruary 18, 2018
Attack type
Shooting
Deaths6 (including the shooter)
Injured4[1]
Perpetrator Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)
AssailantKhalil Khalilov

On February 18, 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, killing five women and injuring several other people, including two police and two critically hurt.[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 of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) named the man Khalil al-Dagestani, one of its soldiers. Police named him Khalil Khalilov.[4] 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.[2]

References

  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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