| Kizlyar church shooting | |
|---|---|
| Part ofIslamic State insurgency in the North Caucasus,Terrorism in Russia andIslamic terrorism in Europe | |
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| Location | 43°51′19″N46°42′51″E / 43.8554°N 46.7142°E /43.8554; 46.7142 Kizlyar,Dagestan,Russia |
| Date | 18 February 2018 |
Attack type | Mass shooting |
| Weapons | |
| Deaths | 6 (including the perpetrator) |
| Injured | 4[1] |
| Perpetrator |  Islamic State (IS) |
| Assailant | Khalil Khalilov |
On 18 February 2018, a 22-year-old man local to the Russia's southern republic ofDagestan carrying a knife and adouble-barreled shotgun opened fire on a crowd at an Orthodox church inKizlyar, Dagestan, killing five women and injuring several other people, including two police and three others.[2] He was shot and killed by police on duty nearby.
The attack occurred as churchgoers celebrated theSunday of Forgiveness, the last day ofCheesefare week, a Christian holiday marking the last day beforeLent according to the eastern Orthodox calendar.[3]
TheIslamic State (IS) named the man Khalil al-Dagestani, one of its soldiers. Police named him Khalil Khalilov.[4] Pro-IS social media later shared a video of a masked man with a shotgun and knife, said to be the killer, pledging his allegiance toAbu Bakr al-Baghdadi.[2]
