Dagestan Airport Stormed by Pro Palestine Demonstrators

Demonstrators have stormed an airport in Dagestan after a plane coming from Tel Aviv in protest against the Israeli aggression against the Gaza Strip.

Agence France-Presse said on Sunday “The authorities in Makhachkala, the capital of the republic of Dagestan which is a Muslim majority, closed the airport to air traffic, after dozens of demonstrators stormed the airport following reports of the landing of a plane coming from Israel.”

The demonstrators who denounced the Zionist attacks on Gaza entered the passenger building, reached the airport runway, and crossed the barriers in hopes that searching departing cars in search of Zionist passengers, according to video clips broadcast by the Russian Izvestia agency and RT channel and circulated on social media.

The Russian Aviation Agency announced that “following the raid by unidentified persons into the navigation area at Makhachkala Airport, the decision was taken to temporarily close it to arrival and take-off flights,” confirming that security forces had arrived at the location.

In turn, Reuters news agency quoted the aviation agency as saying all planes heading to Makhachkala in Dagestan were diverted to other airports.