Six inmates linked to the Islamic State militant group are shot dead by Russian special forces after they took prison guards hostage at a detention centre in Rostov.
Six inmates linked to the Islamic State militant group have been shot dead by Russian special force after they took prison guards hostage at a detention centre in Rostov .
Russian special forces stormed a detention centre in southern Russia, freeing two prison guards and shooting dead six inmates linked to the Islamic State militant group. "The criminals were eliminated," Russia's Federal Penitentiary Service said in a statement, which said a "special operation" had taken place to free the hostages.Islamic State, a Sunni Muslim militant group, was defeated in Iraq and Syria by a combination of US led forces, Kurdish fighters, and Russian, Iranian and Syrian soldiers.
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