Makhachkala, June 24, 2024
"It is necessary to first assess and see how it will be implemented, what scope of work, what terms (...) I think we will restore both churches and synagogues in the shortest possible time," said Sergei Melikov.
The press service of the Ministry of Construction of Dagestan specifies that the synagogue in Derbent was almost completely destroyed, the building of the Church of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Derbent was damaged.
"The building of the synagogue, built in the XIX century and thoroughly renovated in 2009, was almost completely destroyed from the inside as a result of a terrorist attack and fire. The building of the Orthodox church in Derbent also suffered significant damage," the report says.
On Sunday, June 23, 2024, armed militants of the attacked a synagogue and a church in Derbent, as well as a church and a traffic police post in Makhachkala.
According to the republic's Health Ministry, 20 people were killed and 26 injured. The condition of seven wounded is assessed as serious.
According to the Interior Ministry, 16 people - 13 wounded policemen and three civilians - have been taken to a hospital in Makhachkala.
Dagestan has declared mourning from June 24 to 26, the Interfax news agency reported.
The day before it became known that terrorists brutally murdered Archpriest Nikolai Kotelnikov, a cleric of the Makhachkala diocese, in Derbent. His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia expressed his condolences in connection with the terrorist attacks in Makhachkala and Derbent.
