Islamic State (IS)-affiliated inmates took prison employees and other inmates hostage at a penal colony in Surovikino, Volgograd Oblast.
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Islamic State (IS)-affiliated inmates took prison employees and other inmates hostage at a penal colony in Surovikino, Volgograd Oblast on August 23.
The previous day Ukraine's military attacked the Marinovka air base in southern Russia's Volgograd region with drones. The attack was 'repelled', according to the region's governor Bocharov, but as a result a fire broke out at a Defense Ministry facility 185 miles from the border with Ukraine
Convicts took prison employees hostage in a jail in Russia's Volgograd Oblast on Aug. 23 and killed one employee, the Russian state-controlled news agency TASS reported.
At least three prisoners participated in the attack, Russian Telegram channels claim.
The head of the jail, Andrey Devyatov, was also among the hostages, whose number is still unclear.
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