One person was killed and 11 were injured in a shooting at a UNESCO heritage site in Russia's volatile North Caucasus region of Dagestan, local health authorities said on Wednesday, according to AFP.
The leader of Dagestan, Ramazan Abdulatipov, told Interfax news agency the attack could have been staged by "bandit groups" that "continue to take vengeance for the peace and tranquility the people of Derbent live in."