Muslim Mob Storms Airport in Russia’s Dagestan in Search of ‘Jewish Refugees’

RP Staff October 30, 2023

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Muslim Mob Storms Airport in Russia's Dagestan in Search of 'Jewish Refugees'

An airport in the Russian republic of Dagestan was stormed on Sunday by an offended mob waving Palestinian flags in search of “Jewish refugees” amid rumours of a airplane arriving from Israel.

Hoards of younger males shouting “Allahu Akbar” and waving Palestinian flags rampaged by way of the airport in Makhachkala, the capital metropolis of the closely Muslim Dagestan.

In #Dagestan, a crowd stormed the constructing of Makhachkala airport in search of Jews from a flight from Tel Aviv. pic.twitter.com/TaBvakBKIE

— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) October 29, 2023

The Islamic locals reportedly sought to search out Jews arriving in the Russian-controlled republic after rumours emerged on-line of refugees from the Israeli metropolis of Tel Aviv touchdown on the airport, Russian state media RT reported.

According to the Times of Israel, a flight from Israel was diverted as a result of riots and landed at a distinct airport, however nonetheless confronted some riots there as properly.

Footage on social media and reported on by the Russian media outlet Lenta purportedly confirmed the mob even breaking onto the runway the place they went airplane by airplane, checking passports and asking if passengers had been Jewish.

Protesters stormed the runway

In the video the steward of one of the flights that arrived in Makhachkala asks passengers to urgently return again to the airplane. pic.twitter.com/HXKfO7Wnhi

— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) October 29, 2023

In one incident, a younger man was surrounded by Dagestanis who took his passport and shouted at him: “You are a Jew!”. The man defined, nevertheless, that he was not Jewish however slightly a traveller from Uzbekistan.

Russian riot police finally arrived to subdue the mob, nevertheless, tensions reportedly stay tense on the time of this reporting, with the protesters reportedly demanding that the police expel Jewish folks from Dagestan.

This is insane. https://t.co/z1A9bEWJiX pic.twitter.com/hpas96fdcP

— Russian Market (@runews) October 29, 2023

A joint assertion from the Prime Minister’s Office and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Israel mentioned: “The State of Israel views with utmost gravity makes an attempt to hurt Israeli residents and Jews anyplace.

“The Prime Minister’s Office, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the National Security Council are monitoring the event of occasions in southern Russia, in the Dagestan district.

“Israel expects the Russian authorized authorities to safeguard the well-being of all Israeli residents and Jews wherever they’re and to take robust motion towards the rioters and towards the wild incitement being directed towards Jews and Israelis.

“Israeli Ambassador to Russia Alex Ben Zvi is working with the Russian authorities to secure the well-being of Jews and Israelis at the site.”

A lynch mob was shaped in entrance of Flamingo Hotel in Dagestan, Russia after a hearsay was unfold that Jews had arrived to remain on the resort. The crowd dispersed after each room of the resort was checked for Jews and the passports of all visitors had been inspected.

Via @ManiacMagic1 pic.twitter.com/r1s9tb89xn

— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) October 29, 2023

The incident comes simply days after an identical mob of tons of of Islamic Dagestan locals ransacked a resort in town of Khasavyurt after rumours reportedly emerged on native social media that Israelis had taken up residence in the resort.

Earlier on October 28, tons of of residents of Khasavyurt demanded that Israeli residents be evicted from the resort. Locals gathered close to two lodges in Khasavyurt amid rumours that Israelis had moved in there.

Another resort was additionally overrun by a mob, which additionally demanded that visitors present their passports to show that they weren’t Jewish. In an obvious try and quell the anger of the mob, the resort’s directors posted a discover that Jews had been prohibited from staying in the resort and declared that no Jews had been in the constructing.

Sergei Melikov, the Head of the Republic of Dagestan, blamed the incidents on faux information unfold on social media which had provoked some “gullible people”.