The key facts

  • A 32-year-old man was beaten with rebar and stones, then taken to a deserted place 3 km from the center of the mahalla
  • He was in a coma for 28 days and died, Millar reports citing relatives
  • The cause of the conflict has not yet been established

What happened

In the Payarik district, a 32-year-old man who was beaten by a group of people spent almost a month in a coma and died. The outlet Millar reported this, as cited by Kun.uz. According to the report, a resident of the Navruz mahalla had left a café with an acquaintance and was heading home when a group of people arriving in a Spark car attacked him and began striking him on the head with rebar.

Accounts of a witness and relatives

The victim's friend, who witnessed the attack, said he tried to take the rebar away from the attackers, but he himself was then beaten with large stones. According to him, when he returned, Sherbek was lying on the asphalt, covered in blood and without a T-shirt; he was being kicked and then forcibly pushed into a car. The victim's brother said the man was taken about 3 km from the center of the mahalla, to a deserted place, where he was found in grave condition.

What remains unknown

The cause of the conflict that led to the attack has not been reported. The publications provide no information about the detention of suspects or the opening of a case — these circumstances remain unknown.