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Volgograd: Russian prisoners ‘take hostages’ in remote jail

Emergency services said three prisoners were involved in the hostage-taking. It was unclear how many hostages had been taken.

Authorities said they were preparing to free the hostages.

Volgograd region Governor Andrei Bocharov said the hostage-taking posed “no threat to the civilian population”.

The Kremlin said President Vladimir Putin had been briefed on the situation.

The Volgograd hostage-taking is the second such incident this summer, after six prisoners who pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group captured two guards at a facility in the neighbouring Rostov region.

Five prisoners were killed and a sixth sentenced to 20 years in prison following the attack.

Prosecutors said they had opened a case relating to a hostage taking.

IK-19 Surovikino is a high-security penal colony. It is believed to hold about 1,200 inmates.


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