Knife-wielding Russian convicts take prison staff hostage and kill one guard

Security services reportedly ready to storm jail in Volgograd region after hostage-takers claim Islamic State affiliation Russia-Ukraine war - latest news updates A group of prisoners identifying themselves as Islamic State militants seized hostages in a maximum security jail in Russia's southern Volgograd region and killed at least one member of staff, the country's prison service said. "During a session of a disciplinary commission, convicts took staff of the penal institution as hostages," th...