Funeral prayer and burial of a 10-year-old Tajik boy, brutally killed by a Russian nationalist, took place in his homeland. The mourning ceremony, janaza prayer, and burial of Kobiljon Aliyev were held in the village of Ajam in the Shahri Nav district of Tajikistan. Kobiljon’s body was delivered to Tajikistan early in the morning on […]
Funeral prayer and burial of a 10-year-old Tajik boy, brutally killed by a Russian nationalist, took place in his homeland.
The mourning ceremony, janaza prayer, and burial of Kobiljon Aliyev were held in the village of Ajam in the Shahri Nav district of Tajikistan.
Kobiljon’s body was delivered to Tajikistan early in the morning on December 18 on a flight from Moscow to Dushanbe. A group of journalists arrived at the airport to cover the event.
According to Radio Ozodi, the airport security initially did not allow filming the moment the coffin was unloaded from the plane. Some journalists were even forced to delete footage they had already recorded.
The authorities have not yet clarified the reason for the video ban.
Earlier, on December 16, in the settlement of Gorki-2 in the Odintsovo district of the Moscow region, a 15-year-old student named Timofey K. attacked students, killing one child and injuring a security guard and several other students. During the attack, he was wearing a bulletproof vest and a T-shirt with the slogan “No Lives Matter.” This organization advocates for violence, terrorism, and the extermination of humanity. The video shows Timofey K. asking “what is your nationality?” before the attack.
The deceased schoolboy, Kobiljon Aliyev, was 10 years old and was in the fourth grade. He came from a Tajik family and died on the spot from his injuries.
The incident has caused a wide public outcry both in the country and beyond its borders.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the republic strongly condemned the “nationally motivated attack” on Tajik citizen Kobiljon Aliyev, summoned the Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Tajikistan, S. Grigoryev, and handed him a note demanding that the Russian side conduct an immediate, objective, and impartial investigation into this tragic incident and hold all those involved accountable to the fullest extent of the law. The Embassy of the Republic of Tajikistan in the Russian Federation has been instructed to maintain constant contact with the relatives of the deceased and to monitor this issue.
Additionally, the Minister of Internal Affairs of Tajikistan, Ramazon Rahimzoda, in a phone conversation with the head of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs, Vladimir Kolokoltsev, demanded a thorough investigation into the murder of the 10-year-old Tajik boy in Odintsovo, near Moscow. Kolokoltsev assured his Tajik counterpart that the investigation is being conducted under strict control, a criminal case has already been initiated, and all necessary measures are being taken to ensure a fair investigation.
The Ombudsman for Human Rights in Tajikistan, in a conversation with his Russian counterpart, condemned the murder of the 10-year-old Tajik teenager Kobiljon Aliyev on xenophobic grounds in Moscow and called on the Russian authorities to conduct a fair investigation and hold accountable all those involved in the crime.
At the same time, users of the Tajik-language segment of social networks believe that conversations with Russian officials and the delivery of a note of protest are insufficient, and the authorities of Tajikistan should take more stringent measures to prevent the recurrence of such tragedies — up to recalling the Tajik ambassador from Russia, declaring the Russian ambassador persona non grata, and closing the 201st Russian military base in Tajikistan.
Opposition forces abroad also sharply condemned the murder of a 10-year-old Tajik schoolboy in Russia, stating that the authorities of Tajikistan and Russia bear primary responsibility for this.