Authorities have started negotiations after IS-linked inmates at a pre-trial detention center took two officers hostage.
Two prison guards have been taken hostage by inmates, some of whom claim to be supporters of Islamic State (IS) at a detention center in the southern Russian city of Rostov, authorities said on Sunday.
“The inmates took two prison officers hostage” in detention center Number One of the Rostov region, Russia’s Federal Penitentiary Service said in a statement.
Several of the detainees had already been convicted of terrorism offenses, including affiliation with the IS, Russia’s RIA state news agency said, citing sources.
Negotiations underway
The men allegedly were able to remove the bars from their windows and enter a guard room, according to a Telegram channel cited by Reuters news agency.
Russia’s Federal Penitentiary Service said law enforcement agencies had been called to the site.
“The institution operates as usual, the situation is under control,” it said on Telegram. “Negotiations on the release of the hostages are underway.”
The Interfax news agency reported that the prisoners were demanding a car and free passage.
Russia has been targeted by IS in the past. In March, the jihadist organization claimed responsibility for an attack at a concert hall near the capital Moscow, in which 144 people died.
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“The institution operates as usual, the situation is under control,” it said on Telegram. “Negotiations on the release of the hostages are underway.”
We know how russian negotiations with hostages work. Expect the prison to be razed to the ground, or set on fire. Meanwhile the propagandists will be feverishly working out a way to drag Ukraine into this.
Its over. The hostagetakers are killed.
There is no such thing as a hostage in mafia land, where human lives are worthless.
Hi F1!
Another weird glitch today :
I am not receiving notifications of new posts; mine or anyone else’s.
I can see that they have appeared, but only on the actual UT site.
I still get notifications of replies to my comments, not otherwise, “notifications” is inoperative.
Any thoughts?
That sounds like a phone problem to me. I will check the settings, but I’m receiving notifications on my phone with emails.
When I open JetPack, I get a dashboard of notifications, with a record of all posts for the last 2 days in chronological order, plus all “likes”, replies etc.
But now the new posts notifications have disappeared!
I have checked the Jetpack settings on the site, everything is fine.
I don’t see anything out of the ordinary either.