Russian Prison Siege By ISIS Inmates Ends, Hostages Safe

"The inmates took two prison officers hostage" in detention centre Number One of the Rostov region, they said in a statement.

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Two prison guards at a jail in southern Russia have been freed without harm after they were taken hostage by Islamic State inmates, with the assailants "liquidated", the country's prison service said Sunday.

"During a special operation... the criminals were liquidated and the employees taken hostage were freed and were not wounded," the service said in a statement.

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