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Crowd storms Russian airport to protest flight from Israel
Updated On: 30 October, 2023 08:20 AM IST | Moscow | AP
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A mob looking for Israelis and Jews overran an airport in Russia`s Caucasus republic of Dagestan on October 29, after rumours spread that a flight was arriving from Israel. Pic/AFP
Hundreds of people on Sunday stormed into the main airport in Russia`s Dagestan region and onto the landing field to protest the arrival of an airliner from Tel Aviv, Israel, Russian news agencies and social media reported. Authorities closed the airport in Makhachkala, the capital of the predominantly Muslim region, and police converged on the facility. There were no immediate reports of injuries or arrests.
Russian news reports said people in the crowd were shouting antisemitic slogans and tried to storm the airliner belonging to Russian carrier Red Wings. Video on social media showed some in the crowd on the landing field waving Palestinian flags, protesters attempting to overturn a police car and others checking the passports of passengers who had arrived in Makhachkala. In a statement released Sunday night, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu`s office said Israel "expects the Russian law enforcement authorities to protect the safety of all Israeli citizens and Jews wherever they may be and to act resolutely against the rioters and against the wild incitement directed against Jews and Israelis."
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