‘Barbaric’: K-9 Fatally Stabbed by MS-13 Gang Members During Virginia Prison Attack

A corrections officer did not sustain any serious injuries due to both her training and Rivan’s courageous actions, the VADOC said.

Members of the MS-13 and 18 gangs inside their cells at the maximum security prison in Izalco, Sonsonate, El Salvador, on Sept. 4, 2020. Yuri Cortez/AFP via Getty Images

A heroic K-9 has been killed by members of the Mara Salvatrucha gang at Sussex I State Prison, the Virginia Department of Corrections (VADOC) announced on April 3.

The K-9, a Belgian Malinois named Rivan, was stabbed to death by three members of the gang, better known as MS-13, while “heroically protecting its assigned corrections officer, staff, and inmates,” officials said.