Rostov-on-Don pre-trial detention center hostage crisis

On 16 June 2024, a hostage situation occurred at a detention center in Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast, Russia. 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.

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. The prison guards were freed with minor injuries.