On 16 June 2024, a hostage situation occurred at a detention center in Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast, Russia.[2] 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.[3][4][1]
Six men, armed with knives, took two prison guards hostage. The hostage-takers demanded a vehicle, weapons and safe passage out of the center. Russian special forces stormed the facility and killed five of the militants, and wounded and captured the sixth.[1] The prison guards were freed with minor injuries.[5]
