IS prisoners take two prison guards hostage in Russia

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Two prison officers have been taken hostage by Islamic State inmates at a jail in Rostov, southern Russia, the prison services announced Sunday.

“The inmates took two prison officers hostage” in detention centre Number One of the Rostov region, they said in a statement.According to a police source interviewed by the state news agency TASS, IS members who are due to appear in court on terrorism charges are among the hostage takers.On March 22, gunmen killed at least 144 people when they opened fire at a concert hall near Moscow in the deadliest attack on Russian soil for two decades. Hundreds more were injured.

More than 20 people have since been arrested, including the four suspected attackers, all from the former Soviet republic of Tajikistan. Linda N. Masi at a Book Signing Event Organized by Barnes and Noble Booksellers in Lubbock, Texas, on May 11, 2024. PHOTO CREDIT: Iveren Akula People buy clothes at a popular market in Gadaref on June 15, 2024, as Muslims around the world prepare for the holiday of Eid al-Adha. / “The erroneous mention appearing in the metadata of this photo by - has been modified in AFP systems in the following manner: instead of . Please immediately remove the erroneous mention from all your online services and delete it from your servers.

Norway's Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store arrives to attend the Summit on peace in Ukraine, at the luxury Burgenstock resort near Lucerne, on June 15, 2024. - The two-day gathering brings together Ukrainian President and more than 50 other heads of state and government, to try to work out a way towards a peace process for Ukraine -- albeit without Russia.

 

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