Priest, at least 6 police officers killed after gunmen attack synagogue and church in Russia, reports say

A synagogue, an Orthodox church and a police post were targeted by gunmen in a coordinated series of attacks in Russia's southernmost Dagestan province on Sunday night. Local reports citing the province's interior ministry said at least six police officers have been killed and 12 others wounded.

The attacks took place in Dagestan's largest city, Makhachkala, and in the coastal city of Derbent.

A 66-year-old Russian Orthodox priest was also killed in the attacks, the spokeswoman for Dagestan's interior ministry, Gayana Gariyeva, told RIA Novosti. Two of the gunmen have reportedly been killed.