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| Russian woman holding severed head of child outside Moscow metro station detained by police | Russian woman holding severed head of child outside Moscow metro station detained by police |
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| A woman has been arrested after she brandished a child's severed head outside a metro station in Moscow. | A woman has been arrested after she brandished a child's severed head outside a metro station in Moscow. |
| The woman is thought to have been baby sitting the child before killing her and setting the apartment on fire. | |
| She was filmed walking around and shouting "I am a terrorist" outside the Oktyabrskoye Pole metro station. | |
| Local media reports that she took the severed head from her bag when she was stopped by a police officer. | |
| The suspect has been named as Gyulchekhra Bobokulova, 39, from Uzbekistan, according to LifeNews. | |
| Russia's Interior Ministry released a statement saying they believed the head belonged to a four-year-old girl who the woman had been babysitting. | Russia's Interior Ministry released a statement saying they believed the head belonged to a four-year-old girl who the woman had been babysitting. |
| Earlier on Monday, police found a headless child's body in an apartment after a fire. | Earlier on Monday, police found a headless child's body in an apartment after a fire. |
| The suspect is believed to have waited until the parents and an older child left the apartment before killing the girl and removing her head. She then set the apartment on fire. | |
| More follows shortly | More follows shortly |