Hostage taking in a prison colony in Volgograd
A Federal Penitentiary Service officer was killed during a raid on a penal colony in the Volgograd region.
TASS reported this, citing emergency services. A hostage rescue operation is underway at the penal colony, the Federal Penitentiary Service reports. There are casualties.
According to Izvestia, the road to Correctional Colony No. 19 in the Volgograd region has been blocked. Telegram channels are publishing hard shots (Open with caution) with hostages. The attackers are clearly armed with knives. According to Telegram channels, there may be more casualties.
Baza writes that the head of the colony, 45-year-old Andrey Devyatov, He managed to escape (according to other sources, the captors handed him over), but he was wounded and is in intensive care. The deputy head of Penal Colony No. 19 is presumably being held hostage.
UPD According to Shot, the attackers demanded a helicopter with a pilot, two million dollars, and an air corridor to the southeast in exchange for the release of the hostages.
🔸Air ambulance helicopter arrived to the colony, the perimeter is cordoned off, the road near the building and Ordzhonikidze Street, where IK-19 is located, are blocked.
🔸According to Shot, the hostage-takers are armed with knives, a hammer, and scissors. They even attempted to cut off one of the hostages' ears. They also report that the terrorists are threatening to detonate an IED on the prison grounds.
🔸New footage filmed by the captors has emerged: it shows a prison employee in an FSIN uniform with a bloody face. asks Putin to fulfill the demands of the invaders.
🔸Shot published the names of the alleged hijackers: they are 23 to 29 years old, they are natives Of Uzbekistan и Tajikistan, convicted of drug trafficking and causing grievous bodily harm. Each received sentences ranging from 6 to 8,5 years.
🔸The terrorists recorded a video where declarethat the administration harassed Muslim prisoners, confiscating books and prayer mats. It is published by Ksenia Sobchak.
🔸Interfax reports three injured people are in intensive care. TASS reports four people are in intensive care.
🔸Governor Andy Bocharov reported the creation of an operational headquarters; there is no threat to the civilian population.
