On Sunday, security forces carried out a raid on a detention center in southern Russia, as reported by state-funded news channel RT. The operation was in response to inmates accused of having ties to Islamist terror cells who had taken two staff members hostage. Gunfire was heard at the scene, and multiple ambulances were observed arriving at the prison, according to social media footage.
The hostages, who were held at the pretrial detention center in Rostov-on-Don, were unharmed, as confirmed by Russia's Federal Penitentiary Service in an official statement. The agency stated that the hostage takers had been 'liquidated,' without providing further details.
