“Will chop with an axe!” Schoolchildren in the capital staged a mass brawl

As a result of a mass brawl between students from two schools, one student was injured.
According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Dushanbe, on October 7, 2024, a conflict occurred on Firdavsi Street in Dushanbe between 10th-grade students from general education schools No. 42 and No. 30 in the Firdavsi district.

During the mass brawl, one of the participants, minor Rasulov A., struck his opponent Rajabov A. in the neck with an axe, causing him serious bodily injuries, the report states.

Police detained 8 minor participants in the conflict.
According to the investigation, the motive for the armed attack by the student was “personal enmity” between the students.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs reported that a preliminary investigation is underway to clarify all the circumstances of the incident.

This is not the first case of students engaging in mass brawls using cold weapons. It was previously reported that on August 5 of this year in Dushanbe, during a conflict among teenagers, three minors were injured. One of the injured minors died in the hospital from wounds inflicted by a pocket knife (finka).

It was also reported that in Dushanbe, as part of the operational and preventive operation “Knife,” cases of illegal sale of cold weapons were identified.

Recently, it has become “fashionable” among the youth of Tajikistan to carry pocket folding knives. Residents complain that everyday conflicts often escalate into stabbings and end tragically.