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| Tass news agency said the slaughter occurred outside a church in the town of Kizlyar in Dagestan. Dagestan is a predominantly Muslim region between Chechnya and the Caspian Sea |
- Five women were killed and five other people hurt in attack outside holy place
- The slaughter was reportedly during the Maslenitsa festival in Kizlyar, Dagestan
- One witness said: 'I believe God saved us, not allowing the man to get inside'
- An Orthodox priest said the perpetrator shouted 'Allahu Akbar' during the attack