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Killing of Tajik Boy in Moscow Sparks Debate About Motive

Putin calls the stabbing an act of terrorism; Tajikistan demands impartial investigation amid ethnic hatred concerns and extremist links on suspect's phone.

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After a 10-year-old Tajik boy was killed at a Moscow-area school last Tuesday, Dushanbe has spoken out, calling the attack an act of ethnic hatred, but have left bilateral relations unchanged.

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Last Tuesday, a ninth-grader attacked students at a school near Moscow with a knife while asking them about their nationality, Meduza reported. He wounded a security guard and killed Kobilyon Aliyev, a Tajik national, who was 10 years old. The 15-year-old, who was charged with murder, was remanded in custody by a court. Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed his condolences to Tajik President Emomali Rahmon over the murder. “Terrorist acts c…

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Vladimir Putin expressed his condolences to President Emomali Rahmon of Tajikistan for the murder of the 10-year-old Kobiljon Aliev at the sub-machine school.

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Last week, a 10-year-old Tajik boy was stabbed to death in a secondary school near Moscow. Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed his condolences over the incident during a meeting with Tajik President Emomali Rahmon on Monday. On Tuesday, police arrested Kobiljon Aliyev, a fourth-grader at Uspenskaya secondary school in the Gorki-2 district of the Moscow suburb, after he was stabbed to death by a 15-year-old boy. The next day, Tajikistan’s …

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Meduza broke the news in Riga, Latvia on Monday, December 22, 2025.
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