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six prisoners with links to ISIS take two guards hostage

six prisoners with links to ISIS take two guards hostage

Russian security forces have safely released two guards captured this Sunday by six prisoners with links to ISIS in a prison in the city of Rostov, in southern Russia, who ended up dead in the operation, according to the Federal Prison Service (FSIN).

According to the official TASS agency, the six inmates were sentenced to 18 years in prison in December of last year by several terrorism crimes, including preparing a bomb attack on the Supreme Court of the Russian republic of Karachaevo-Circassia.

The sentence stated that the accused maintained contact via the Internet with a member of ISIS and They had sworn allegiance to the terrorist organization.

The prisoners They broke the bars of a window in his cell and entered a guard room where they took at least two prison officers hostage, according to the Telegram channel Baza.

The kidnappers They would have demanded a car and guarantees of free movementInterfax reported, citing unidentified sources.



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