One of the hostage takers in the Rostov pre-trial detention center could survive

During the assault on SIZO-1 in Rostov, not six, but five prisoners were killed. The sixth man was wounded in the head. He is in serious condition in the neurosurgery intensive care unit of a Rostov hospital, Baza reports.

Let us remind you that in the early morning of June 16, the “Mujahideen of the Islamic State” (as they called themselves) captured two hostages in pre-trial detention center No. 1 from among the employees of the Federal Penitentiary Service. The prisoners demanded transport and the opportunity to leave the detention center. The Federal Penitentiary Service reported that they died during the assault, the hostages were not injured.

Among the invaders were three natives of Ingushetia - Malik Gandaloev, Shamil Akiev and Azamat Tsitskiev, as well as a native of Chechnya Tamerlan Gireev, Magomed Saipudinov from Dagestan and Daniil Kamnev from Stavropol.

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