Gorin wrote on Telegram, per the Daily Mail, that the firefighters were ordered to abandon the synagogue in Derbent because of the risk that "terrorists remained inside." 
 
<img alt="" src="https://mr.cdn.ignitecdn.com/client_assets/humanevents_com/media/picture/6678/9a89/6b3a/6f6b/4429/d46e/original_Screenshot_2024-06-23_145657.png?1719179912" style="width: 100%;" width="100%" height="auto">(Credit: e2w on social media) 
 
The gunmen also opened fire on traffic police and set a police vehicle on fire in&nbsp;Makhackhala.&nbsp;

Dagestan is a largely Muslim region of Russia on the Caspian Sea that borders Azerbaijan and Georgia.

{ai:summary}Russian synagogues and an Orthodox church attacked by gunmen in Dagestan, killing at least nine, including law enforcement. #crime