The two guards were unharmed, the kidnappers were all dead: they were awaiting trial for terrorism. The kidnapping lasted a few hours
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Russian special forces raided a prison in Rostov, southern Russia, where on Sunday six ISIS inmates have taken two prison guards hostage.
According to initial information, the hostages were freed and are unharmed. All six kidnappers, who were armed with knives, were instead killed.
“Detainees in one of the cells of center number 1 (…) of the Rostov region took two prison officers hostage,” read one statement released on Sunday morning by Russian news agencies.
As reported by the Telegram channel Baza, i six prisoners had broken the bars of a window in their cell and entered a room where they had taken the officers hostage.
The inmates had asked for a car and to be able to leave prison, as conditions for the release of hostages.
The detainees were in custody awaiting trial for terrorism. Russia has recently been the target of attacks claimed by the jihadist organisation: the latest dates back to March 22 when armed men opened fire in a concert hall near Moscow, killing at least 144 people and wounding hundreds.
