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It was the latest in a series of terrorist attacks in Russia claimed by Islamist militants.
By Anatoly Kurmanaev and Oleg Matsnev
Anatoly Kurmanaev and Oleg Matsnev reported from Berlin.
Russian commandos suppressed a mutiny in southern Russia on Friday, killing the attackers and freeing their hostages, according to the local governor.
Inmates who claim to be motivated by radical Islam and armed with makeshift knives and explosive vests briefly took over Penal Colony No. 19 in the southern region of Volgograd, according to videos posted on social media and verified via the New York Times . The Russian Penitentiary Service said 4 guards were killed and 3 wounded in the attack.
Four of the attackers were killed by snipers when Russian commandos attacked the criminal on Friday afternoon, ending the mutiny. It is clear how many detainees joined the revolt.
“The criminals were liquidated in a special operation to free hostages in the IK-19,” Volgograd Governor Andrei Bocharov said in a message on Telegram, referring to the facility by its Russian acronym.
The riot is the latest attack blamed on Islamist militants in Russia, underscoring the Kremlin’s difficulties in curbing domestic terrorism amid a protracted war in Ukraine that has recently spread across Russian territory.
The official TASS news firm reported that at least some of the attackers were from Central Asia, a Muslim-majority region that has long been the main source of migrant personnel in Russia. Two attackers were from Uzbekistan and two from Tajikistan. Three of the men were serving sentences for drug trafficking and homicide, TASS reported.
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