The incident follows a identical assault in a jail in Rostov-on-Don in June. The hostage-takers claimed to be a part of the Islamic State terrorist workforce.
Russian particular forces have killed 4 prisoners at a penal colony within the southwest of the rustic who had been reported to have taken hostages and killed a member of group of workers.
The Nationwide Guard of Russia, the rustic’s gendarmerie, introduced the operation on Friday after information emerged of the hostage state of affairs. All of the people taken have now been freed, it mentioned.
The incident happened at penal colony 19 within the the town of Surovikino, 130 kilometres west of Volgograd. Government have now not but specified the precise selection of attackers, hostages and sufferers, and the tips circulating on more than a few Telegram channels differs broadly.
An specific, unverified video circulating on a number of Russian social media channels presentations no less than 3 assailants brandishing knives and status over what seem to be injured or lifeless jail guards, mendacity in a pool of blood.
One of the crucial hostage-takers states within the clip that the crowd is affiliated with the Islamic State (or Daesh). In keeping with a number of native channels, the attackers demanded a helicopter and $2 million (€1.8 million).
Russian media reported that the rustic’s safety products and services had been getting ready to typhoon the development.
Russian safety below pressure amid Ukraine warfare?
Russia has not too long ago skilled a chain of Islamist terrorist assaults, in keeping with more than a few media, elevating the query of whether or not its huge safety companies were stretched skinny by way of Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine and its next inside crackdown on anti-war dissent.
An Afghan department of the Islamic State claimed duty for a mass capturing at a live performance corridor close to Moscow in March — the deadliest terrorist assault within the nation for years — which left no less than 145 other folks lifeless and 551 injured.
In June, a synagogue was once attacked within the town of Derbent, whilst an Orthodox church was once centered by way of gunmen additional south, in Makhatchkala, Dagestan (North Caucasus). A minimum of 19 other folks had been killed, together with an Orthodox priest and 15 policemen, in keeping with the government, who denounced those as “terrorist acts”.
But extra questions on Russia’s jail safety features had been raised when safety forces needed to typhoon a detention centre within the south of the rustic, additionally in June, killing six inmates who had taken two group of workers individuals hostage. The prisoners incorporated males who had been additionally accused of being related to the Islamic State.
Further resources • BBC, Meduza, The Mum or dad, Le Figaro