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Wednesday 30 Dec 2015 - 13:39 Makkah mean time-19-3-1437
Naryn-Kala fortress, Derbent, Dagestan (Pic: Russia Today)
Derbent, Dagestan (IINA) – One person was killed and 10 others injured in an attack targeted tourists at ancient fortress in the Russian Republic of Dagestan.
Russia Today (RT) reported that unknown gunmen on Tuesday night opened fire on a group of tourists who were on a visit to the Naryn-Kala fortress in Derbent, a city in Russia's North Caucasus Republic of Dagestan. The attack left one person dead and 10 injured.
The assault occurred when twenty tourists were on a panoramic terrace of the ancient fortress.
Media cited local police as saying that the gunmen aimed at the tourists’ flashing cameras to make sure they hit people. Eleven people were wounded and taken to the hospital, where one of them succumbed to his wounds.
Police found 67 cartridges of various caliber bullets at the scene of the incident. According to investigators, the attackers fired from a nearby forest.
The head of the region believes the attack was carried out by “militants from an armed gang who are taking revenge on locals, because they enjoy New Year’s festivities.”
The Nary-Kala fortress in Derbent dates back to the eighth century AD. It houses Russia's oldest mosque and madrasa or Islamic religious school.
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