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A gunman has shot two dead two people in Russia.

The man is reported to have opened fire inside a cathedral on the island of Sakhalin, off the country's eastern coast killing a nun and a church-goer.

Six other people were wounded, according to the state-run news agency RIA.

The suspected attacker was detained after the shooting.

He reportedly said he worked for a private security company.

The shooting comes days after a teenager killed a teacher and a policeman in the first major school shooting in Russia.