Masked gunmen burst into a mosque in the troubled Russian Caucasus region of Dagestan, wounding eight, the regional interior ministry said in a statement Saturday.

“The number of wounded in the shooting at the mosque in the town of Khasavyurt has risen to eight,” the interior ministry said after two unidentified gunmen shot at worshippers in the Shiite mosque on Saturday evening as Muslims celebrated the end of Ramadan.

Three of the wounded suffered gunshot wounds to the chest and stomach, while others were shot in the arms and legs, the ministry said.

Citing local police, RIA Novosti news agency said more people were hurt in an explosion in the same mosque after the gun attack in the town to the west of the largely Muslim region.

“An explosion went off. Altogether there were two explosive devices. One went off, the other is being defused,” police told the agency.