A mother who three years ago threw her daughter into a brown bear enclosure at a zoo in Uzbekistan has been detained on suspicion of knifing the same girl to death.
Zilola Tulyaganova, 34, was filmed dropping her helpless child, Zarina, then aged three, some 16ft into a trench inside the cage in Tashkent Zoo in 2022.
Tulyaganova was investigated for attempted murder but the charges were later dropped. She had been deemed ‘safe’ by the authorities in her native Uzbekistan.
Now she has been detained on suspicion of murder after using a kitchen knife to stab Zarina, 7, to death, it is alleged.
The girl reportedly suffered knife wounds to the neck. Her grandfather called the police after arriving home and finding her body, say reports.
Local TV reported ‘shock’ over Zarina’s death.
Video footage from 2022 shows visitors watching in horror as the mother, who was holding her child over the railings, drops her child into the bear’s den.
A university teacher who three years ago threw her daughter into a brown bear enclosure at a zoo has been detained on suspicion of knifing the same girl to death. Pictured: A zoo keeper at the Tashkent Zoo in Uzbekistan carries out a 3-year-old girl from a brown bear’s den
Zilola Tulyaganova, 34, was filmed dropping her helpless child Zarina, then aged three, some 16ft into a trench inside the bear enclosure in Tashkent Zoo in 2022. Pictured: A member of staff at the zoo in Uzbekistan carries the little girl out of the bear enclosure after she falls in
The child was in hospital more than three weeks but ‘recovered’ while her mother was detained initially on suspicion of attempted murder but after undergoing psychiatric checks she was deemed safe to care for her son and daughter
Now she has been detained on suspicion of murder after using a kitchen knife to stab her daughter Zarina, 7, to death, it is alleged
The bear, Zuzu, ran towards the child and sniffed her but miraculously then wandered away without attacking her.
Zoo staff secured the bear and rushed to save Zarina.
During the clip, the mother is seen moving to the left after holding her child over the railings at the viewing point, then dropping the helpless girl into the bear’s den.
Just moments later, six zoo staff enter the external part of the cage, with one picking up the girl in his arms and carrying her away.
The child was in hospital more than three weeks but ‘recovered’ while her mother was detained initially on suspicion of attempted murder but after undergoing psychiatric checks she was deemed safe to care for her son and daughter.
A zoo spokeswoman said at the time: ‘A young woman threw a little girl down into a brown bear’s enclosure, in front of all the visitors.
Six zoo staff run to Zarina’s rescue and enter the external part of the cage
Zarina reportedly suffered knife wounds to the neck. Her grandfather called the police after arriving home after finding her body, say reports
‘It was completely unclear what her motive was.
‘Both the visitors and the staff of the zoo were trying to stop her – but failed.’
She added: ‘We are scared to even think how this would end if the bear were to react at the toddler as its prey.
‘Zuzu, a male Caucasian Brown Bear, was watching the woman, who threw the little one over a metal fence. She fell into a trench under the fence.
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