Tajikistan Urges Thorough Investigation into School Stabbing Linked to Ethnic Hatred in Moscow Region

The Foreign Ministry of Tajikistan summoned Russia’s ambassador in Dushanbe on Wednesday, urging for an unbiased investigation into the tragic stabbing of a 10-year-old student at a school near Moscow.

The victim, a fourth-grade student named Kobiljon Aliyev, was fatally attacked on Tuesday morning at Uspenskaya Secondary School in the upscale suburb of Gorki-2. Authorities have detained a 15-year-old student on suspicion of being the assailant.

In a statement, Tajikistan’s Foreign Ministry condemned the attack, expressing its belief that it was driven by «ethnic hatred.»

The ministry presented a formal note to Russian Ambassador Semyon Grigoryev, calling on Russian authorities to carry out an «objective and impartial investigation» and to hold accountable those responsible.

Russian law enforcement has yet to comment on Aliyev’s reported Tajik background.

Videos shared on Telegram channels affiliated with Russian security services depicted the alleged attacker, referred to by media as Timofey K., being arrested by police.

In another clip, the knife-wielding teenager is shown questioning younger students about their ethnicity after encountering them alongside a teacher in a school hallway.

Unverified reports suggest that images found on the suspected assailant’s phone displayed «extremist quotes,» names of far-right groups, and references to the 2019 mosque shootings in Christchurch, New Zealand.

Tajikistan’s Foreign Ministry announced that it had instructed its embassy in Moscow to closely supervise the investigation and keep in regular contact with Aliyev’s family.

The incident in Gorki-2 occurred just a day after St. Petersburg police apprehended a ninth-grade student accused of stabbing a teacher in the aftermath of a conflict over a poor grade.