On Sunday, June 16, a group of prisoners in a cell at pre-trial detention center No. 1 in Rostov-on-Don took two employees hostage, according to sources in law enforcement agencies cited by TASS. The prisoners were armed with knives, sharpeners, fire axes, and rubber batons taken from the guards. Negotiations are currently ongoing to free the hostages.
One source reported that the prisoners involved in the hostage situation are accused of terrorist crimes, including connections with the Islamic State. Further information is still being clarified. Additionally, a Telegram channel called 112 has published footage featuring statements from the terrorists, who were arrested in 2022 for planning to blow up the Supreme Court of the Karachay-Cherkess Republic in Russia.
