Today was an action packed day in Moscow. At a pre-trial detention facility in the southeastern part of the city three inmates siezed up to fifteen hostages, including the warden of the facility, demanding that their sentences be reduced. It seems that a blast was heard indicating Russian security forces had already began storming the building. That was at 19:50 local time. Soon after, all fifteen hostages were freed and the three inmates captured without harm. Somehow, I don’t think their sentences will be reduced.
Congratulations to the Russian forces that brought this to a close without a hitch.
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Curzon
September 5, 2006
12:05 am
Lexington Green
September 5, 2006
1:48 am
Russian special forces rescue hostages at Taking Aim
September 5, 2006
6:51 am
von Kaufman-Turkestansky
September 6, 2006
6:22 pm
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2006/09/06/018.html
...Meanwhile, Kalinin told Interfax that none of the prison staff would be punished for allowing the hostage-taking to occur.
"No one person was at fault, but there are certain weaknesses in our organization and we will take measures to address them," Kalinin said.
He added that wages for prison officers were so low that far more women than men were willing to sign on. He said 40 percent of the prison's staff was female and that the average wage for workers at the prison was 5,000 rubles ($187) per month.
... there were no terrorists, but there were convicted murderers among the hostage-takers.