Rostov-on-Don pre-trial detention center hostage crisis

When

16 Jun 2024

Kind

Event

Coordinates

47.22° N, 39.71° E

Placed at the town its text puts it in, Rostov-on-Don.

Rostov-on-Don pre-trial detention center hostage crisis: In a pre-trial detention center in Rostov-on-Don, detainees suspect of membership in the Islamic State take two prison employees hostage, leading to the facility being stormed by the Russian special forces, who kill all six hostage takers.

Hostage crisis in Rostov-on-Don, Russia

On 16 June 2024, a hostage situation occurred at a detention center in Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast, Russia. The hostage takers, all Islamic State militants who were previously detained at the center, were shot and killed except one militant captured alive, two employees were rescued.

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