Hundreds of people stormed Dagestan's main airport, brandishing Palestinian flags and reportedly hunting for Israeli passengers.
The head of Russia's southern Dagestan region, Sergei Melikov, has condemned riots which involved hundreds of people storming the region's main airport, brandishing Palestinian flags and reportedly hunting for Israeli passengers from a flight that had landed from Tel Aviv earlier on Sunday.Videos circulating on social media showed the angry rioters rushing onto the landing field at the airport in Makhachkala, the capital of the mainly Muslim republic in the north Caucasus, late Sunday.
''Attempts to destabilize the situation in Dagestan, including using prohibited methods associated with inflaming ethnic hatred and interfaith problems, are being carried out by our enemies, opponents of our country,' he said.Plans to 'catch' the passengers of the incoming Tel Aviv flight had been shared on Telegram since Sunday, with screenshots of the flight schedule, according to New York Times visual investigations reporter Aric Toler.
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