Russian forces storm detention centre, free guards taken hostage
Al Jazeera
Several assailants, reportedly linked to ISIL, killed in operation to rescue two guards at Rostov detention centre.
Russian special forces have freed two prison guards and killed several men who had taken them hostage at a pre-trial detention centre in the southern city of Rostov-on-Don.
The two guards were taken hostage by six detainees earlier on Sunday, the prison service said, before an operation was launched to free them, Russian media reported.
Initially, the prison service said it had entered into negotiations for the guards’ release. But a short time later it issued a statement saying the siege had ended.
“The criminals were eliminated,” Russia’s Federal Penitentiary Service said in a statement, which added that a “special operation” had taken place to free the hostages, who were not injured.
The hostage-takers reportedly had links to the ISIL (ISIS) group, Russian media reported quoting police sources.
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