ROSTOV-ON-DON, June 16 Six or seven accused were taken hostages in the detention center of Rostov-on-Don, a source in the region’s law enforcement agencies said.
“»They demand transport and opportunity leave the pre-trial detention center,” he said, adding that negotiations with prisoners are continuing.
The fact that prisoners from one of the cells of pre-trial detention center-1 in the Rostov region took two employees hostage was reported this morning by the FSIN. According to the department, the head of the Rostov headquarters, representatives of law enforcement agencies and the prosecutor's office are at the scene of the incident, and employees of the central office have gone there. The situation is controlled, the detention center is operating as normal, the FSIN added.
As an informed source said, the invaders are being charged with terrorism. They are armed with fire axes and rubber batons, and they have an operative officer and a supervisor hostage.
The regional department of the Investigative Committee opened a criminal case.