At least 15 police officers killed in attacks on synagogue, churches in Russia's Dagestan

DAGESTAN, RUSSIA - JUNE 24: (----EDITORIAL USE ONLY - MANDATORY CREDIT - 'RUSSIAN NATIONAL ANTITERRORISM COMMITEE (NAK) / HANDOUT' - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS----) A view of the destruction after more than 15 police officers have been killed in armed attacks in Makhachkala checkpoint and a synagogue in Derbent, in Dagestan, Russia on June 24, 2024. Describing it as a 'terrorist attack,' the Republic's head, Sergey Melikov said: 'We know who is behind this and what the organizers of these attacks aimed for. War has come to our home.' Active phase of counter-terrorism operations in Makhachkala and Derbent has been completed, and six gunmen responsible for the attacks were neutralized. (Photo by National Antiterrorism Committee / Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images)