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Russian forces storm undertrial prison to rescue staff taken hostage
Updated On: 17 June, 2024 07:40 AM IST | Moscow | Agencies
The hostages at the pre-trial detention centre in Rostov-on-Don were uninjured, said RIA Novosti, citing Russia’s Federal Penitentiary Service
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Russian police and servicemen near the detention center. Pic/AP
Security forces stormed a detention centre in southern Russia on Sunday, killing inmates who had taken two members of staff hostage, Russian state news agency RIA Novosti reported on Sunday.
The hostages at the pre-trial detention centre in Rostov-on-Don were uninjured, said RIA Novosti, citing Russia’s Federal Penitentiary Service. It said that the hostage takers had been “liquidated”, with other local news outlets reporting that at least some of the prisoners had been killed.
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