Footage appeared to show knife-wielding attackers over the bloodied body of a prison guard in the Volgograd region of southern Russia
Screengrab from Russian state media purporting to show national guard officers outside the IK-19 prison colony in Surovikino militants at a Russian prison have been freed, according to Russian authorities and media, with four militants and four captives killed.national guard “neutralised four prisoners who had taken employees of a colony in Surovikino hostage. The hostages have been released,” state media agency Tass reported on Friday.
Russia’s prison authority announced that four criminals armed with knives took eight prison staff and four inmates hostage, with four killed.purported to show inmates with knives standing over the body of a prison guard at the IK-19 prison colony in the Volgograd region of southern Russia. In unverified videos posted on Telegram, the alleged attackers declared allegiance to the so-called Islamic State and said they were inspired by the deadly attack on thewhich has close ties to the Russian security establishment, named four of the alleged attackers and reported that they were “natives of Tajikistan and Uzbekistan” who were serving long sentences at the prison following convictions for offences including murder and drug trafficking.
The IK-19 facility was in poor condition and detainees were routinely abused by prison guards, according to accounts from former prisoners obtained by independent Russian outlets.The incident comes after prisoners at a facility in the neighbouring Rostov region captured hostages and pledged allegiance to Isis in June. Five prisoners were killed during an operation to free the captives and a sixth was jailed for 20 years.
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