Woman carrying severed head arrested in Moscow
Warning: Graphic images. CCTV appears to show a woman being tackled to the ground while holding a human head.
PT0M18S 620 349Moscow: An Uzbek woman accused of murdering a four-year-old girl in her care and brandishing the child's severed head outside a metro station, has told a Moscow court "Allah ordered" her to carry out the act.
Gulchekhra Bobokulova, a 38-year-old mother of three sons, made the comment to reporters on the way into the courtroom on Wednesday. She also replied "yes" when asked if she accepted her guilt.
Gulchekhra Bobokulova, a 38-year-old nanny from Uzbekistan, is accused of killing a four-year-old girl and then brandishing the child's severed head outside a Moscow metro station. Photo: AP
On Monday, police wrestled Bobokulova to the ground as she was displaying the severed head of a child outside a Moscow metro station, in an incident that stirred fears of an Islamist terrorist attack.
An investigator speaking in the court said that to date no one else had been found who was involved in the crime. Russian officials have said Bobokulova was suffering from mental health problems.
In videos posted on Russian news websites, she was heard shouting "I am a terrorist" in Russian.
A woman is in custody after allegedly brandishing the head of a child near a metro station in Moscow on Monday. Photo: Youtube
In memory of the little girl who was killed, Muscovites placed flowers and children's toys outside the subway station on Tuesday.
Reuters, AP
