The terrorist group IGIL * claimed responsibility for the attack on militants on the church in Grozny, reports Reuters referring to the statement of the group.

On the eve of the four militants penetrated the church of the Archangel Michael in the center of Grozny to capture parishioners. Victims of the attack were two policemen guarding the church, and one parishioner . Two more law enforcers were injured.

The bandits were eliminated during the special operation. Their identities are fixed. As the head of the republic Ramzan Kadyrov said, two of the attackers lived in the village of Geldagan near Grozny, the ringleader of the group was "a native of one of the neighboring regions." According to him, "there is operational information that the militants received the order from one of the Western countries."

Earlier, the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill noted the heroism of the policemen who took part in the liquidation of terrorists, expressed condolences to the relatives of the victims and the victims, and also urged all Orthodox residents of the republic to preserve peace and tranquility.

According to the primate of the Russian Orthodox Church, the "cynical foray" of the militants was aimed at shaking "a valuable interreligious peace and harmony in the region, sow enmity and fear among its inhabitants."