Suspects in a brutal murder detained in the Rudaki district

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Tajikistan reported the detention of two local residents on suspicion of committing a high-profile murder in the Rudaki district.

According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, on September 13, the suspects in the murder of 45-year-old Shahlo Nazarova and her three children were detained in the village of Daryobod in the Rudaki district. They turned out to be 32-year-old S.N. and 16-year-old A.S., previously convicted residents of this village. It is noted that they broke into the home of Ibrokhimov K.R. (the father of the family) with the intent to steal and rob, but when the homeowner noticed them, they brutally killed Shahlo Nazarova, as well as his son, a 6th-grade student, and two daughters aged 15 and 17.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs stated that the detainees are being held in a temporary detention facility, and the investigation of the criminal case is being conducted by the prosecutor’s office.

The suspects themselves are unavailable for comments. It is unknown whether they have confessed to their guilt.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs did not publish photographs of the detainees and the victims and did not provide additional information on this case. Meanwhile, photographs of both detainees and the lifeless bodies of the victims are circulating on social media.

This uncertainty is causing panic among local residents, as the event is growing with various rumors and new details, as well as sometimes unusual versions in society. Officials neither confirm nor deny these versions.

The tragedy occurred in the village of Daryobod in the Zainabobod rural community of the Rudaki district on the night of September 5 to 6. The 44-year-old woman Shahlo Nazarova, along with her three children — Khabiba (10th grade), Hamida (8th grade), and Sharaf (6th grade) — were found murdered. The bodies were discovered only two days later – on September 7.

After the incident, law enforcement officials interrogated residents, classmates, and teachers from the school where Shahlo Nazarova’s children studied, took their fingerprints, and warned everyone not to speak to the media without the authorities’ permission.