MAKHACHKALA, October 30. /TASS/. Riots at Makhachkala International Airport resulted in several people being injured, the regional Ministry of Health said in its Telegram channel.

"Is a result of the incident at Makhachkala airport, there are injured who are receiving medical assistance," the statement said.

Russia’s Commissioner for Human Rights Tatyana Moskalkova said earlier that the events at the Makhachkala airport were intended to incite ethnic hatred, and she urged residents of the republic not to succumb to provocations. "The events at Makhachkala airport are clearly aimed at inciting ethnic hatred and can lead to gross violations of human rights," she wrote in her Telegram channel. She urged Dagestan residents "not to succumb to provocations and strictly follow the law and the calls of the republic's authorities."

Several hundred people gathered at the Makhachkala airport on the evening of October 29 for a protest rally against the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. The Dagestan government reported that the situation is under control and that security forces are on the scene.