Overview
- Tajikistan summoned Russia’s ambassador, identified the victim as fourth-grader Kobiljon Aliyev, and urged an objective investigation citing suspected ethnic hatred.
- Police detained a 15-year-old student after a knife and pepper-spray attack at Uspenskaya School in Gorki-2 that killed a child and injured a security guard.
- Russia’s Investigative Committee opened a murder and attempted murder case, deploying forensic teams while bomb experts examined items reported as resembling an improvised explosive device.
- Footage filmed by the suspect spread on Telegram, prompting complaints from Russia’s Human Rights Council and calls for legal action against media outlets that published the video.
- Investigators are reviewing alleged extremist slogans, a manifesto, and reports the attacker asked children about their nationality, while claims that the guard later died remain disputed.