Eldest son of nanny who beheaded a child because Allah told her to is arrested in Uzbekistan

The eldest son of the nanny who beheaded a young girl was ‘influenced’ by recruiters for ISIS who encouraged him to go and fight in Syria, say police.

Rakhmatillo Ashurov, 19, is currently held in detention in his native Uzbekistan as Russia laid formal murder charges against his mother Gyulchekhra Bobokulova.

The 38-year-old Uzbeki is expected to undergo psychiatric tests after claims that she suffered from schizophrenia.

The nanny confessed to Russian interrogators that she decapitated the four-year-old girl before brandishing the child’s head in the streets of Moscow.

She stated her act was revenge for Vladimir Putin’s aerial bombardment of Syria, but the Kremlin said she was ‘insane’.

The son is held in Uzbekistan on a 15 day ‘administrative punishment’ which ‘was applied in order to prevent a crime and as a disciplinary measure’, said a law enforcement source in Tashkent.

‘Being surrounded by people from the Middle Asia, he was influenced by the recruiters who encouraged him to take part in fighting for terrorists in Syria.’

A source added: ‘Operational information is being collected and the family and friends of Gyulchekhra Bobokulova are being interviewed. The materials are being submitted to Russian colleagues.’

The son was questioned over his mother’s role in the child’s death but a ‘criminal investigation’ against him would not follow because of limited contact between the pair.

He revealed her delicate mental state.

‘She was often bad-tempered, could start a scandal from nothing, broke dishes and other things. But just a little bit later she behaved normally, as if nothing had happened,’ he told Uzbek police.

At the same time, a hunt is underway for the supposed accomplices of Bobokulova, who has since been dubbed the ‘bloody nanny’ by the Russian media.

Russian and Uzbek secret services are seeking her common law husband Suhrob Muminov, his sister Manzura and her husband, who are believed to live in Moscow, according to sources reported by Rosbalt news agency.

Before travelling to Uzbekistan over the New Year, she was not seen as being radicalised.

But a theory is emerging that the nanny was influenced at this time by Suhrob.

He was a frequent visitor to the Urgut Mountains district of Samarkand region where radical groupings including ISIS have been active in recruiting men and women.

Other extremist groups are called Tahrir al Islami and Islom Lashraklari.

Muminov started praying very often and also talked about his readiness to go to fight in Syria, it is claimed.

‘After getting in touch with Suhrob, Gyulchekhra completely changed,’ said a source, according to Rosbalt.

‘She got a hijab, a carpet for praying, religious literature.

‘She started talking some nonsense about the war in Syria.’

The nanny also told people she was missing Nastya, the girl she cared for in Moscow.

He also supports the radical Islamic ideas, it was alleged.

‘Since the girl was killed, this couple has vanished, we are searching for them now,’ said our source.

One active aspect of the investigation relates to Suhrob Muminov’s alleged close friendship with Shukhrat Ganiev, the deputy head of Samarkand city interior ministry, in charge of police.

The senior official has been called in for interrogation by the Uzbek secret services, it is claimed.

Rosbalt stated that it is through him that the nanny may have received her new Uzbekistan biometric passport, even though her medical condition should have prevented it being issued.

‘It is known that she left Samarkand with her hijab and carpet for praying, and people are often barred from leaving Uzbekistan for much smaller signs of their religious habits, for example, for texts of prayers in their mobile phones.’

A Russian source law enforcement said: ‘We hope that our Uzbek colleagues will help to understand what happened to Bobokulova during her stay in Samarkand region, and who caused the changes.

‘Maybe the answers will come when Muminov’s sister and husband are detained.’

Meanwhile, it is claimed Russia has begun ‘massive checks’ on Central Asian migrants employed as nannies and servants in Moscow.

Source: Daily Mail