4 jail staff have been killed after prisoners staged a revolt in a Russian penal colony and took hostages, federal authorities say.
Particular forces stormed the IK-19 Surovikino facility within the southwestern Volgograd area after knife-wielding prisoners, who recognized themselves as Islamic State (IS) militants, claimed to have taken management of the sprawling complicated.
Authorities stated the particular forces operation had freed some hostages and “neutralised” all of the attackers, however later confirmed that 4 jail staff had died.
An unverified picture posted on social media appeared to point out an inmate holding a knife standing above a bloodied jail guard through the revolt.
Russia’s Rosgvardia Nationwide Guard stated snipers shot 4 attackers within the rescue operation.
Closely armed troops had been filmed arriving on the jail in footage posted to the Telegram messaging app by the Nationwide Guard.
The assault started throughout a disciplinary fee assembly, Russia’s Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) stated in an announcement. The attackers had been stated to have slashed guards and wounded a number of jail employees.
The FSIN stated eight jail staff and 4 convicts had been taken hostage. Some stories in Russian media recommended that the jail’s director and deputy director had been amongst these seized.
“The criminals inflicted stab wounds of various severity on 4 staff, three of whom died. One other 4 who resisted had been hospitalised, considered one of whom died within the hospital.”
Russian media named the attackers as Ramzidin Toshev, 28, Rustamchon Navruzi, 23, Nazirchon Toshov, 28, and Temur Khusinov, 29. All had been natives of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan.
In dramatic cell phone footage launched by the attackers, they recognized themselves as IS militants. The boys stated they had been motivated by the will to avenge the persecution of Muslims.
The video additionally confirmed jail officers mendacity in swimming pools of blood, whereas in separate clips the attackers roamed the jail courtyard.
Volgograd regional governor Andrei Bocharov stated earlier that the hostage-taking posed “no risk to the civilian inhabitants”.
President Vladimir Putin was filmed participating in a digital assembly with safety chiefs, throughout which the Kremlin stated he had been up to date on the state of affairs.
The Volgograd hostage-taking is the second such incident this summer time, after six prisoners who pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group captured two guards at a facility within the neighbouring Rostov area.
5 of the prisoners had been killed and a sixth sentenced to twenty years in jail following the assault.
Prosecutors stated that they had opened a case referring to a hostage-taking.
IK-19 Surovikino is a high-security penal colony. It’s believed to carry about 1,200 inmates.