OSLO, NORWAY

Two inmates took a pair of guards hostage on Wednesday, at a Swedish penitentiary. A report in The New York Post said, the inmates abducted the corrections officers after breaking into a guards’ room soon after mid-day. The inmates then covered the surveillance cameras.

A police vehicle is seen at Hallby Prison, outside Eskilstuna, Sweden July 21, 2021. Per Karlsson/TT News Agency/via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS – THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. SWEDEN OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN SWEDEN. – RC23PO9NME5D

Swedish news agency “TT”, said the prisoners are both serving sentences of life in prison. They also demanded a helicopter to help them escape. The two men were armed with razor blades when the broke into the guards’ room. The prisoners allegedly offered to release one of the hostages in exchange for having 20 Kebab pizzas distributed to the other inmates at the prison. As of last reporting, the situation was still unresolved.