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Russian inmates take staff hostage at prison colony in Volgograd region

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2024-08-23 | 06:00

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Russian inmates take staff hostage at prison colony in Volgograd region

Russian inmates on Friday took staff hostage at a prison colony in the southern Volgograd region, officials said, the second such incident in a Russian jail since June.

"Convicts took hostage employees of the (IK-19) correctional institution. Measures are currently being taken to free the hostages. There are casualties," Russia's federal penitentiary service said in a statement.

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