Migrant Stabs 18-Year-Old to Death in Bus Brawl
In the Moscow region, an 18-year-old youth was killed in a brawl involving pepper spray and a flare gun. At a public transport stop in Elektrostal, he was stabbed by a migrant from Tajikistan named Imomali.
An ambulance was called to the scene, but to save time, the bus driver dropped off all other passengers and drove the wounded man to the hospital himself, where he died. The migrant who killed him fled but was soon detained. A criminal case has been opened against him under Part 1 of Article 105, «Murder.»
While relatives mourn the deceased 18-year-old Ilya, Imomali«s family is convinced that he acted in self-defense and was provoked. MSK1.RU tells everything about the stabbing in a small Moscow region town.
They Made Gestures and Cursed at the Window
On the evening of Sunday, 18 January, around 23:20, Ilya was riding with friends on a bus. They saw a woman in the window and began making indecent hand gestures at her. What exactly prompted the young men«s reaction is unknown. They accompanied their gestures with harsh words.
This was reacted to by 19-year-old Imomali Turdiev, who approached the guys and reprimanded them. Word for word, a verbal conflict began between them. After which Imomali suggested going outside to talk there.
The guys got off the bus at the «Universam» stop in Elektrostal. After that, a fight broke out. The 19-year-old native of Tajikistan had pepper spray sprayed in his eyes, and then was shot at with a flare gun.
In response, he pulled out a knife and stabbed one of the attackers several times. Turdiev remained on the street, and the bus drove away with the wounded Ilya. While driving, the driver learned that one of the passengers was seriously injured.
As MSK1.RU learned, the driver called 112 and deviated from the route, heading to a medical point. They urgently tried to get Ilya to medics on the bus.
«Given the threat to the victim»s life, it was decided to terminate the trip and deliver the passenger to an emergency medical care point,« the press service of Mostransavto reported.
They were unable to save the 18-year-old youth. He died in the medical facility from his injuries. The next day, information appeared about the detention of Imomali Turdiev. He has been charged with murder under Article 105 of the Russian Criminal Code. The young man faces up to 15 years in prison.
«Wanted to Fulfill a Dream: Get Married and Earn Money»
About the attacker Imomali Turdiev, it is known that he moved to Russia from Tajikistan when he was still a child. He completed nine grades of school, and then tried to enroll in college, but failed. Then the young man went to work as a loader at a market.
The MSK1.RU editorial office contacted Imomali Turdiev«s older brother. He said he could not even imagine that his brother would end up in such a situation.
«I think you understand that there was nothing like that on his part. He just made a remark, they went out and started fighting themselves,» Safarjon Turdiev believes.
According to him, Imomali was one of the least conflict-prone among the brothers. And generally, until recently, he did not engage in wrestling or sports at all.
«He is the quietest child in our family. I don»t know what all this could have happened because of. Maybe because they insulted some woman. Maybe because she was dressed in different attire. Maybe he stood up for his sister, by faith. I think so. There«s no other way. Even if it was an ordinary girl, if he is an adequate person, then he would have stood up for her,» Turdiev the elder stated and added. — «He doesn»t know how to fight himself. He barely started going to the gym recently. And there were some pumped-up guys, three or four came out against him.«
According to Safarjon, his brother could have used the weapon only in self-defense. Because earlier in school, he almost never participated in conflicts and was not considered a fighter.
As MSK1.RU found out, Imomali«s relatives still cannot contact him. They learned about the incident from the news. Turdiev»s closest relatives are in Kemerovo, and it will be difficult for them to come. The suspect moved to the Moscow region in October 2025.
«He went to the Moscow region with a friend, wanted to earn money for a dream. He worked in a warehouse at Wildberries. I think he was coming from training, in the video he is just with a sports bag,» Safarjon said.
«And what is the dream?» the MSK1.RU correspondent clarified.
«I don»t know. He wanted to earn money and get married.«
«Adrenaline Was Pumping, I Was in Shock»
The story about the conflict began to go viral on the net this morning. One of the first to cover this story was «Russkaya Obshchina» (Russian Community). Initially, the Moscow region police and the Investigative Committee explained the news briefly: a conflict arose between the guys, during which one of them used a knife.
The first footage confirmed this—the brawl and the blood traces that Ilya left in the bus.
«At some point, he took out a knife and struck one of the young men in the neck and torso area. Despite the assistance provided at the medical institution, the victim died,» the press service of the Investigative Committee of the Moscow region reported.
But after a few hours, video of the beginning of the conflict appeared online. And after detention, the young man told the police why it all happened.
«There was a conflict, during the conflict I used a knife. I was in shock, adrenaline was pumping,» he told the camera disjointedly.
According to Imomali, he took the knife from his brother«s kitchen. Why he was carrying it with him—he could not explain.
Earlier, MSK1.RU reported that Imomali was detained in the Moscow region shortly after the incident. Relatives could not contact him for a long time, and learned about what happened from the news. We also published the first footage of the stabbing.
