Watch as crowd chanting 'Allahu Akbar' storms Russia's Dagestan airport, search for Jews, Israelis
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Chandigarh, October 30
Hundreds of people on Sunday stormed into the main airport in Russia’s Dagestan region in protest after rumours spread that a flight was arriving from Israel.
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The mob carrying Palestinian flags approached passengers they thought were from Israel or were Jews and demanded that they return to their nation.
A video on social media showed some in the crowd on the landing field waving Palestinian flags and chanting ‘Allahu Akbar’.
Russian news agencies and social media reported that authorities closed the airport in Makhachkala, capital of the predominantly Muslim region, and police converged on the facility.
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There were no immediate reports of injuries or arrests.
Russian news reports said people in the crowd were shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’ slogans and tried to storm the airliner belonging to Russian carrier Red Wings that had landed from Tel Aviv.
With AP inputs
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