Four officers at a maximum security prison in Russia were killed after inmates who identified themselves as affiliated to ISIS took several staff hostage, Russian state media reported. <\/p>\n
Russian special forces said the alleged hostage takers were all \u201celiminated\u201d in an operation that saw some hostages freed, at the penal colony in the town of Surovikino. <\/p>\n
The National Guard of Russia, also known as the Rosgvardia, wrote on Telegram: \u201cSnipers from the special forces of the Russian National Guard in the Volgograd Region neutralized four prisoners who had taken prisoner employees hostage with four precise shots; the hostages were freed.\u201d <\/p>\n
Graphic footage circulating on social media showed three uniformed prison staff members lying motionless in pools of blood, one with his throat slashed. A fourth staff member is seen on his knees in a doorway. <\/p>\n
In another video the apparent hostage takers can be seen waving ISIS flags. <\/p>\n
Inmates captured the correctional facility staff at a disciplinary commission meeting, Russia\u2019s Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia earlier told state media outlet TASS. <\/p>\n
\u201cAt a meeting of the disciplinary commission (where cases of malicious violators are considered, among other things) of the colony, several prisoners seized employees,\u201d the penitentiary service said, according to TASS. <\/p>\n
Eight prison officers and four inmates were taken hostage, according to RIA Novosti. <\/p>\n
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday that the head of the Federal Penitentiary Service reported to him about the situation in the Volgograd colony. <\/p>\n
The incident follows another hostage situation in Russia in June, when two employees of a pre-trial detention center in the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don were rescued after being held hostage for several hours by six detainees. <\/p>\n
The detainees had links to ISIS and were killed in the operation. <\/p>\n
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