Gunshots heard in Makhachkala amid deadly attacks

Russian security services on Sunday said at least four militants were killed in a counter-terrorism operation in the southern Russian state of Dagestan.

Security forces were responding to attacks on a synagogue, police station and two churches in the state capital of Makhachkala, some 100 kilometers away. A Russian National Guard spokesperson said one of its officers had been killed in coastal Derbent and 12 more wounded. A total of six police officers have been reported killed.