Kizlyar church shooting

On 18 February 2018, a 22-year-old man local to the Russia's southern republic of Dagestan carrying a knife and a double-barreled shotgun opened fire on a crowd at an Orthodox church in Kizlyar, Dagestan, killing five women and injuring several other people, including two police and three others. He was shot and killed by police on duty nearby.

The attack occurred as churchgoers celebrated the Sunday of Forgiveness, the last day of Cheesefare week, a Christian holiday marking the last day before Lent according to the eastern Orthodox calendar.

The Islamic State (IS) named the man Khalil al-Dagestani, one of its soldiers. Police named him Khalil Khalilov. 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 to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

See also

• 2024 Dagestan attack

References

1. Kizlyar
2. Crocus City Hall attack
3. 2024 Dagestan attack
4. 2024 Istanbul church shooting
5. List of mass shootings in Russia
6. 2023 Brussels shooting
7. 2024 Bamyan shooting
8. Murders of Louisa Vesterager Jespersen and Maren Ueland
9. Abu Hafs al-Hashimi al-Qurashi
10. Abu Waheeb
11. Rostov-on-Don pre-trial detention center hostage crisis
12. Islamic State
13. Pulse nightclub shooting
14. Islamic State – Caucasus Province
15. Boko Haram
16. 2024 Kerman bombings
17. Abu Hudhayfah Al-Ansari
18. Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurashi
19. Islamic State insurgency in the North Caucasus
20. 2018 Tajikistan tourist attack