Four perpetrators among the eight dead in hostage-taking in Russian prison

Moscow, August 24 (SocialNews.XYZ) Four employees of a maximum security prison (IK-19) in the Volgograd region have died after four inmates took the staff hostage, the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) said in a statement. The perpetrators were later eliminated in a special operation.

The four inmates took eight prison staff and four inmates hostage on Friday. All four inmates were injured, Xinhua news agency reported, citing the Federal Penitentiary Service.

“The perpetrators inflicted stab wounds of varying severity on four employees, three of whom died. Another four who resisted were taken to hospital, one of whom died in hospital,” it said.

The four perpetrators were eliminated in a special operation by federal prison staff and the Russian National Guard.

The Russian Investigative Committee has initiated criminal proceedings into the incident.

Source: IANS

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