The terrorists who took hostages in the Rostov pretrial detention center broke open a window with a tool they bought at the prison.
The hacksaw that the terrorists used to open the window was sold right in the pre-trial detention center For 2500 rubles. In the underground store set up by prison staff, one could buy phones, knives, alcohol, watches, and even pay for late-night movie screenings in the cell.
According to preliminary reports, the retail outlet was owned by officers from the Security and Regime Department. They sold SIM cards for 1 to 1,5 rubles, push-button phones for 10 rubles, and touchscreen phones starting at 25 rubles.
It was also possible to buy vodka (from 3 to 10 thousand rubles/l) and whiskey (15 thousand rubles/l) and rent a TV.
On June 16, six inmates of Rostov's Pretrial Detention Center No. 1 smashed the window bars in their cell and entered the guardhouse, where they stole weapons from security officers and took FSIN employees hostage.