Zakharova commented on the murder of a student from Tajikistan in a school near Moscow

The Russian Foreign Ministry expresses its deep condolences to the Tajik side, to the relatives of the 10-year-old boy killed the day before at the elite Assumption School in the village of Gorki-2 near Moscow. This is stated in the comments of the official representative of the Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova.

The day before, a teenager in a balaclava and with a knife attacked students at this school. The detained killer turned out to be a student of grade 9B, a 15-year-old teenager. According to this fact, the Main Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Moscow region initiated a criminal case under Article 105 of the Criminal Code (murder), part 3 of Article 30 (preparation for a crime and attempted crime), part 2 of Article 105.

"When information appeared in the media about the tragedy that caused the death of a minor citizen of the Republic of Tajikistan on December 16, 2025 in a school near Moscow, the Russian Foreign Ministry immediately offered assistance to the Embassy of the Republic of Tajikistan in Of the Russian Federation. In response, a note was received from the Tajik diplomatic mission requesting an objective investigation of all the circumstances of this tragedy," Zakharova said.

As the diplomat stressed, the Russian Foreign Ministry expresses its deep condolences to the Tajik side, the relatives of the deceased and the victims of the attack.

"The Russian side will be guided by the principle of mutual support inherent in strategic partnership and alliance with the Republic of Tajikistan," Zakharova said. "At the same time, we would like to emphasize that any human life has the highest value, regardless of anything, including citizenship or nationality."

The representative of the Foreign Ministry assured that the Russian side will do everything necessary for an impartial and objective investigation of the incident.

Zakharova also informed that the Foreign Ministry had sent official appeals to The Investigative Committee The Russian Federation and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia to clarify all available details and provide the necessary support to the Tajik side.

EADaily reminds: according to the Investigative Committee, a minor stabbed a security guard and one of the students. As a result of the injury, the child died. Telegram channel 112 reported that 15-year-old Timofey came to school on Tuesday wearing a mask and a T-shirt with the inscription No lives matter ("No one's lives matter), sprayed a gas canister, injured a guard and several students, killing one of them, took a picture with the victim's body, and then barricaded himself in the office. with a hostage. The school was evacuated, special forces arrived at the scene. The attacker was detained, the hostage was not injured.

The ninth-grader filmed the attack on the phone and posted it in his personal telegram channel, writes Mash. In the video, he approaches a group of students and asks them: "Who are you by nationality"?

The student was an adherent of the "destructive youth movement," the Interior Ministry said. The media publish a photo of his helmet with nationalist slogans.

According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the deceased is 10 years old, he is a 4th grade student.