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An Islamic terrorist shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’ has opened fire on a crowd of people leaving a Christian Orthodox church in southern Russia. Security forces were afterward able to take out the terrorist before he could shoot more people.

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Russian state media reported that a man carrying a knife and a hunting rifle opened fire on worshippers at the church in Kizlyar, in the Dagestan region of Russia, killing at least five people and wounding several others.

The gunman shouted, “Allahu akbar,” and immediately began firing afterwards, killing four women.

Luckily the priest was able to close the door of the church and stopping the attacker from going inside, in this manner preventing more casualties.

The attack took place in Kizlyar, a town of about 50,000 people.

<blockquote class="twitter-video" data-lang="en-gb"><p lang="fr" dir="ltr">🔞 VIDEO CHOC 🔞 - <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Russie?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Russie</a>: Un homme de la province du <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Daghestan?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Daghestan</a> a tiré sur une foule de personnes qui quittait une église ce matin tuant cinq personnes et en blessant cinq autres ont rapporté les agences de presse russes. L'attaque s'est produite dans le village de <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Kizlyar?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Kizlyar</a>." <a href="https://t.co/enZimoQf7b">pic.twitter.com/enZimoQf7b</a></p>— FranceNews24 (@FranceNews24) <a href="https://twitter.com/FranceNews24/status/965267653924392960?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">18 February 2018</a></blockquote>

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Kizlyar Mayor Mr Alexander Shuvalov confirmed that four people had been killed and four others wounded, two of whom are in critical condition.

Social media reported afterwards that ISIS had claimed the attack.

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Dagestan is a predominantly Muslim region with a Christian Orthodox minority.

Source:

https://twitter.com/FuryBlazing/status/965246859148017664