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| Woman detained in Moscow carrying severed head of child | |
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| Police have detained a nanny on suspicion of murder after she was found at a Moscow metro station holding the severed head of a child. | |
| The woman, who investigators said was believed to be from a country in Central Asia, can be seen in video footage holding up what appears to be a severed head near the Oktyabrskoye Polye station in north-western Moscow. | |
| In the video she is covered in black except for her face and she can be heard yelling something about a “terrorist” and “death”. She also had yelled “Allahu Akbar,” RBC newspaper reported. | |
| Investigators said the body of a 3- or 4-year-old girl had been discovered in the remains of a nearby flat. | |
| “Having waited for the parents to leave the flat with their older child, she killed the child for unknown reasons, started the flat on fire and fled,” the investigative committee said. | “Having waited for the parents to leave the flat with their older child, she killed the child for unknown reasons, started the flat on fire and fled,” the investigative committee said. |
| A bomb squad from the FSB security agency were working in the area where the woman was detained, news agency Interfax reported. | A bomb squad from the FSB security agency were working in the area where the woman was detained, news agency Interfax reported. |