Separate attacks or the start of a fresh war in the North Caucasus?

According to media information, late in the evening in Derbent, the church of the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Lenina Street and the synagogue of Kele-Numaz at Tag-Zade Street was attacked. As the Ministry of Interior of Dagestan stated, **the attackers shot up the church and synagogue with automatic weapons**. Nikolai Kotelnikov, parish priest of the church in Derbent, who, according to the message of the Russian Orthodox Church, was attacked with a knife, and a fire broke out as a consequence of the attack in the synagogue.