CNN —Prisoners at a Russian maximum security penal colony have killed one staff member and took others hostage, Russian state media reported Friday.
Inmates captured correctional facility staff at a disciplinary commission meeting, Russia’s Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia told state media outlet TASS.
The incident took place at penal colony IK-19 in in the town of Surovikino, in Russia’s southern Volgograd region.
At least three prisoners participated in the attack, according to TASS, and a hostage rescue operation is underway.
Video circulating on Russian social media appears to show four prison staff members taken hostage, one of whom is covered in blood.
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