Volgograd: One dead in Russian prison hostage-taking

One person has been killed and four people taken to hospital with injuries, reports say.

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Federal prison authorities said "there are casualties" as a result of the hostage-taking in the IK-19 Surovikino facility, about 120 km (74.5 miles) west of regional centre Volgograd, without specifying numbers.

State news agency Tass said one person had been killed and four people taken to hospital with injuries.

An unverified image posted on social media appeared to show an inmate holding a knife standing above a bloodied prison guard.

Separately, an unverified video showed a man apparently brandishing a knife standing in a prison courtyard.

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