At least 60 people were detained and more than 20 injured Sunday at the airport in the capital of the Russian republic of Dagestan, where a crowd searched for Israelis and Jews, authorities said Monday.
Among those injured at Makhachkala airport were nine police officers, two of whom were hospitalized, the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the North Caucasus Federal District reported and added that more than 150 riot participants had been identified.
Hundreds of people took over the airport and runway following calls on the messaging platform Telegram to go to the airport before flights from Israel arrive and search planes and cars for Israelis and Jews to protest the conflict between Israel and Israel’s armed wing. Islamist movement Hamas.