TASS source refutes media allegations about prisoner riot in train car near Vladikavkaz

One of the convicts attacked an officer in a train car and killed him, the official explainedMOSCOW, October 2. /TASS/. A TASS source in Russia’s Federal Penitentiary Service has refuted reports about an alleged prisoner riot in a prison train car near Vladikavkaz. "Emerging reports are not true. There was no riot. One of the convicts attacked an officer in a train car and killed him," the source told TASS, adding that three more officers of the Federal Penitentiary Service were wounded. No further details were given. No official comments are available as of yet.