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Update: Around 4:40 local time, residents of the town where the prison is located began reporting the sound of gunfire in the area. According to Mash, security forces have begun storming the facility. State media reported that residents are having problems accessing the Internet. Before the storm began, Baza posted a photo that appeared to show one of the hostage-takers wearing an improved explosive device.
Inmates at a the IK-19 prison in Russia’s Volgograd region took multiple employees of the facility hostage on Friday, according to Russia’s Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN). “During a disciplinary commission meeting at IK-19, convicts took employees of the correctional institution hostage. Efforts to free the hostages are currently underway,” the agency said in a statement.
The FSIN reported that there have been injuries as a result of the situation but did not provide details. Russian state news agency TASS, citing emergency services, reported that one person has been killed. According to the Telegram channel Shot, the victim was an on-duty prison employee who tried to resist the attackers. The channel Mash later reported that at least three people have been killed, while the state news outlet Interfax said that three people have been put in intensive care…
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