Dagestan: “the most dangerous place in Europe.” The Tsarnaev brothers, who waged their jihad at the Boston Marthon, hailed from there.
“Jihadi Shooting Rampage Kills 1, Wounds 11 at Russian Tourist Attraction,” by John Hayward, Breitbart, December 30, 2015:
Two gunmen opened fire on a group of twenty tourists at the Russian Naryn-Kala fortress in Dagestan on Tuesday night, killing one and wounding 11 more.
“The dead man has been identified as a 26-year-old border police, as local authorities say they believe the shooting to be a terrorist attack by Islamist insurgents,” reports the UK Daily Mail.
The “local authorities” who portrayed the shooting as a jihad attack include the Head of the Republic of Dagestan, Ramazan Abdulatipov. (That is his actual title – he was appointed to the post by Russian President Vladimir Putin in 2013.)
“This is most likely a trick by some remaining bandit groups or militants who have survived and seek vengeance for the peace and tranquillity in which Derbent residents live,” said Abdulatipov, referring to the city where the Naryn-Kala fortress is located. “We celebrated the 2,000th anniversary of Derbent town and this gave the people hope for living in peace. But apparently there are still people who are annoyed by this stability.”
Although the fortress was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2003 and is described as a popular tourist attraction for people from across Russia, the tour group attacked on Tuesday was reportedly composed of locals. They were standing on a terrace, taking in the spectacular view, when the two gunmen fired an estimated 70 shots at them from a nearby forest, then fled the scene in a black Lada Priora car.
The Daily Mail notes that “gun and bomb attacks are common in Dagestan, a mostly-Muslim internal republic in Russia’s troubled North Caucasus region,” where “Moscow has been fighting Islamist insurgents” since the 1990s.
While the Daily Mail says attacks on tourists are considered unusual, recreational travel to Dagestan has long been discouraged due to safety concerns. In 2011, the BBC dubbed it “the most dangerous place in Europe.”
The New York Times reports that Russia’s Investigative Committee–roughly equivalent to the FBI–believes Dagestan has been “a focus of recruiting by the Islamic State.”
The Times notes that many Islamist insurgent leaders in Dagestan have switched their loyalty from al-Qaeda to ISIS over the past year, sending hundreds of recruits to fight in the Middle East. The prospective return of these militants as trained and battle-tested jihad fighters poses a major security problem for Russia, especially since the Islamic State has been calling for attacks to punish Russia for intervening in the Syrian civil war….

Pig Jizya says
I hope Putin hits those Muslim cockroaches where ever he finds them. Unlike Obama who sells out his country to promote cockroaches where ever he can.
particolor says
Vlad wont stuff Around with Azzwipes like the US and Aus and others do !! Say Ya Prayers Varmints !! 🙁
TH says
Putin already has his crack special forces, the Speznak operating there. There will be no mercy for those killers and the Speznak is similar to the Navy Seals, the British SAS, one of the best special forces in the world.
Myxlplik says
Take a good hard look at what the Russians are dealing with.
http://m.liveleak.com/view?i=404_1321074803
Really only one way to deal with this I’m afraid.
TH says
No mercy and Putin knows well how to deal with those killers. Notice how they were all killed.
particolor says
And where do the Shitwit Barbarians think they are headed doing that ! They have all got SEVERE Brain Damage !! 🙁
Carolyne says
For many generations they have married their first cousins, so their brains have slowly become undeveloped as human beings. Birth defects because of incestuous consanguinity are common and affect one’s brain. Before long, a Muslim’s brain will be the size of a pea.
Baucent says
“Dag.” Where I come from, the term refers to sheep sh*t that accumulates around the rear end of said animal. Sort of sums up Dagestan nicely.
mortimer says
So many Muslims feel it is normative Islam to target civilians.
Western elites need to find out WHY Muslims tend to target CIVILIANS.
We cannot defeat jihad until they learn what’s wrong in Islam.
Charli Main says
The same reason the ” mighty, holy Muslim warriors of Jihad” rape and abuse women and children—–defenceless targets that can´t fight back. Muslims are at their bravest when attacking women and children.
mortimer says
It’s due to the ‘Kafir doctrine’ and the ‘Jihad doctrine’.
mortimer says
Fascist Russia is one of the few places on earth that could support a government program to convince Muslims to leave Islam. It will take government support for such a program to be have the resources to accomplish its goal: a mass deprogramming and exodus of people from this Dark-Ages Death Cult.
Budvarakbar says
Turn them into refugees – Obama will bring them here!
steve says
There’s tolerance in islam – for noone but islam! Just another day of terrorism for the cult of peace!
JS says
People claim that Putin knows how to deal with this problem, yet he hasn’t solved this issue in spite of it being a problem since he came into office. He hasn’t solved it in all these years, why would he suddenly fix this issue? Remember the theater siege in 2002? Remember the Beslan incident in 2004? You would think after those incidents in which hundreds were murdered Putin would have taken some real action. Yet terrorism continues in Russia.
Stokanator says
At least the Russian people can feel assured their president will do all he can to punish these cowardly panzy POS terrorists who did this and will do everything in his power to keep his people safe, unlike here in the US where our president is a extremist Muslim Sympathizer
Angemon says
That’s the problem.
PRCS says
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