The key facts

  • A resident of the Zafr district who worked as the head of a pre-school educational institution was killed; she had two children
  • The case was opened on 29 October 2026 under Part 1 of Article 97 of the Criminal Code (intentional homicide)
  • The suspect is the victim's husband; he himself called 102 and was detained under Article 221 of the Criminal Procedure Code

What happened

In the Yangihayot mahalla of the Zafr district of the Jizzakh region, a woman with the initials F., who lived there, was found dead. According to Kun.uz, the deceased worked as the head of a pre-school educational institution (a preschool organization), and she is survived by two children.

The prosecutor's actions

The press secretary of the Prosecutor General's Office, Hayot Shamsutdinov, told the outlet that on 29 October 2026 the Zafr district prosecutor's office opened a criminal case under Part 1 of Article 97 of the Criminal Code (intentional homicide). The prosecutor's office confirmed that the suspect is the victim's husband: after the incident, he himself called 102 and reported what had happened. The suspect has been detained under Article 221 of the Criminal Procedure Code.

What remains unknown

The report does not disclose the circumstances of the death, the motives, or the results of the review of the call made to 102. There is no information in the report about charges being filed or a preventive measure being chosen — at the time of publication, the suspect had only been detained under procedural procedures.