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Russia, whose defense and security agencies are heavily focused on its war in Ukraine, has seen a recent upsurge in Islamist militant attacks.

Four knife-wielding prisoners claiming to be Islamic State group militants launched a deadly attack in a penal colony in southern Russia on Friday before being killed and their hostages released, officials said.

The attack left four people dead, while the four hostage-taking prisoners were “neutralized” by snipers, Russian officials said.

The attackers initially seized eight penal colony employees and four fellow inmates, according to Russia's Federal Penitentiary Ser

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[–] andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 weeks ago

Can't google it due to similarities, but it's the second recent case of overtaking a prison by guys affilated with ISIS in a non-muslim region. With Krokus in mind it seems russian security forces struggle to prevent those, probably due to many of them rearranged to the ukrainian cause. If that war wouldn't end soon, I suspect there would be even more sectarian violence in the future.