Israeli passengers onboard flight WZ4728 from Tel Aviv were told to stay on the plane before riot police were called in to deal with hundreds of protesters.
A mob looking for Israelis overran an airport in Russia’s Caucasus republic of Dagestan on October 29 This is the harrowing moment several passengers at an airport in Dagestan were encircled by a mob, reportedly searching for Jews arriving from Tel Aviv. Footage circulating on social media showed a man pleading with the crowd in the capital Makhachkala for them to give him back his passport.
To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video They were all chanting anti-Semitic slogans and seeking passengers arriving on a flight from Israel, Russian news agencies and social media reported. Authorities closed the airport and police converged on the facility. Dagestan’s Ministry of Health said more than 20 people were injured, with two in critical condition. It said the injured included police officers and civilians.
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