A gaggle of prisoners has seized hostages in a jail in Russia’s Volgograd area and a minimum of one member of the jail employees was killed, state media says.
A video circulating on Russian social media on Friday purportedly confirmed a minimum of two attackers, one among whom mentioned they had been Islamic State fighters and had seized management of the jail within the city of Surovikino.
No less than 4 uniformed jail officers may very well be seen mendacity or sitting in swimming pools of blood within the video.
“Throughout a session of a disciplinary fee, convicts took employees of the penal establishment as hostages,” the jail service mentioned in an announcement.
“Measures are at present being taken to free the hostages. There are casualties.”
The jail is designated as a “harsh regime” penal colony with capability to carry as much as 1241 male prisoners, based on the jail service web site.
