The convict attacked guards on the Vladikavkaz-Adler train, one FSIN employee died

The Prosecutor's Office of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic is monitoring the progress of the investigation into the incident that occurred at night on October 2, 2026 in the Tersky district of the region. We are talking about an armed attack by a convicted person on employees of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) during his transfer on a passenger train traveling along the Vladikavkaz-Adler route.

According to preliminary data from the investigation, the attacker managed to take possession of the service firearm of one of the guards, after which he opened intense fire on the department employees. As a result of the attack, one representative of the Federal Penitentiary Service died at the scene, and several of his colleagues were injured of varying degrees of severity. The attacker himself was killed by return fire from law enforcement officers, the department confirmed.

A criminal case has already been opened into the incident. To promptly respond and coordinate the actions of law enforcement agencies, senior employees of the supervisory agency went to the scene of the incident. Direct work on site is coordinated by the head of the department of the prosecutor's office of the republic, Aslan Khachemizov, and the prosecutor of the Tersky district, Artem Lukyanov.

As a law enforcement source told Lenta.ru, there was no prisoner riot on the Vladikavkaz-Adler train in Kabardino-Balkaria; one of them attempted to escape, but it was prevented.

According to preliminary data, at about 21:00 local time, while being escorted from the cell to the toilet, one of the prisoners attacked the guard, killed him and tried to escape, but the escape was prevented. The attacker has been eliminated.

The Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic opened a criminal case into an armed attack by a convicted person on guards.