
Russian Forces Kill ISIS-Linked Hostage Takers at Detention Center
Published on June 16, 2024
MOSCOW—Russian special forces freed two prison guards and shot dead six inmates linked to the ISIS terrorist group who had taken them hostage at a detention centre in the southern city of Rostov on Sunday, Russian media said. State media said that some of the men had been convicted of terrorism offenses and were accused of affiliation with ISIS, which claimed responsibility for a deadly attack on a Moscow concert hall in March. The six hostage takers, one of whom wore a headband with the flag used by ISIS that bears an Arabic inscription, knocked out window bars and climbed down several floors by rope before taking the guards hostage with a knife and fire axe....
