Riot at a high-security prison in Russia: Inmates killed a guard, took hostages and took over part of the premises in Volgograd

a group of prisoners from prison 19 (IK-19) from the southern Russian region There was a riot in Volgograd and people were taken hostageAccording to the press department of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN). Russian news agency TASS It was confirmed At least one guard was killed,

The leaders of the rebellion are At least three prisoners who showed the insignia of Islamic State (ISIS) is shouting “Allah is great.”

In IK-19 of the Penitentiary Service of the Volgograd Region (high-security prison), during a meeting of the disciplinary commission, The convicts took the employees of the penal institution hostage“, the FSIN indicated on Telegram.

According to the Penitentiary Service, “At present, efforts are being made to release the hostages

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For its part, the Russian agency cited sources TASS It was told that “According to preliminary data, at least three inmates attacked prison staff,

The Russian Investigative Committee opened a criminal case for “hostage-taking”, while the federal FSIN sent a team to the scene.observe,

IK-19 of the Volgograd region, with a capacity of 1,229 prisoners, is located next to the town of Surovikino,

Russian President, Vladimir Putin, Additional forces were sent to regain control of the place. He said the head of the Federal Penitentiary Service had briefed him on the situation. He indicated he would listen to reports from the heads of the Interior Ministry, the National Guard and other security agents. TASS,

Meanwhile, The prosecutor’s office will verify “compliance with the rules” Inside the prison. The Federal Penitentiary Service sent staff to the Volgograd region, where An operational headquarters was created Coordinating operations to release hostages.

,An operational headquarters has been established to coordinate hostage rescue operations.Security and law enforcement agencies are carrying out operational activities. There is no threat to the civilian population“, assured the governor of Volgograd, Andrey Bocharov,

Bocharov He did not comment on the identity of the hostage-takers. But he cited reports that they were not Russian citizens.”Everyone in our region is obliged to respect and comply with the laws of Russia“We will not allow anyone to try to incite ethnic conflict,” he said in a statement published by the regional administration.

IK-19 penal colony is located at VolgogradA city located approximately 850 kilometers south of Moscow.

Last June, prisoners affiliated with ISIS carried out an incident A similar siege took place at a prison in the southern Rostov region. so, Russian special forces managed to kill the hostages and free the guards after the collision.

Tensions are rising in Russia over migration It was the deadliest terror attack in the country in two decades, following an attack on a music festival in Moscow in March that killed 145 people.

A Central Asian branch of ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack and the four alleged attackers, now in pre-trial detention, are citizens of Tajikistan.

Millions of people from Central Asia, which was part of the Soviet Union, live in Russia, many of them working low-skilled jobs to send money back to their families.

ISIS vows to attack Russia for supporting Syrian leader Bashar al-AssadWhich has launched a military campaign to crush the group in the Middle East.