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| The Baby and the murderer holding her severed head |
Horrific
new details of how a nanny beheaded a four-year-old girl and paraded through
the streets of Moscow with her severed head have been revealed.
The
woman, dressed in a burka, threatened to blow herself up as she walked
near Oktyabrskoye Pole metro station holding up the little girl's
head.
Investigators
claim she murdered the girl, who is believed to have learning difficulties,
after starting a fire at the child's family home in a block of flats.
Video
of the dead girl's mother, Ekaterina Meshcheryakova, collapsing in the street
upon hearing the horrific news has emerged. She was taken to hospital in an
unconscious condition.
Anastasia
also had a father, Vladimir Meshcheryakov, who is a technician at a mobile
phone company, and a brother Konstantin, 15.
The
main entrance to the block of flats is being guarded by armed police.
Eyewitness
Alexandra Shuvalova, a student from the capital, said: 'When I got close to the
metro, I saw a woman running along the street.
'I
could see that she had hair in her hands or something like that.
'She
was waving this thing and screaming something and drawing some shapes in the
air.
'This
woman either had a birthmark or a wart on her right cheek. It was a distinctive
feature because she was dressed in entirely in black.
'I
realised it wasn't a wig as I thought initially, but a head - that's why blood
was dripping on her shoes and skirt.
'I
stopped, had a cigarette, tried to get my breath back to normal because I was
so shocked.'
She
claimed a security guard and two policeman missed the chance to detain her.
Alexandra
added: 'People ran away from her. I saw five people fleeing. And no one tried
to stop her - not security guards at a cafe, nor at a shop.
'One of the guards who saw her, ran to the
building to tell someone about her. He didn't try to do anything on his own.'
'I saw
that she had a bloodied head in her arms, but I thought it was not real. People
in the crowd said it was real.'
Some said
the woman had paced up and down for some 20 minutes before she was detained
near the station.
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| Mother of the baby |
In
further footage from the scene, the woman can be heard shouting about the end
of the world while proclaiming herself a terrorist.
The
station was closed to passengers for some time, but no explosives were found on
her.
Another
eyewitness said: 'She came to the entrance of the metro station Oktyabrskoye
Pole with a red bag, from which she pulled out the child's head.
I could
see that she had hair in her hands or something like that. 'She was waving this
thing and screaming something and drawing some shapes in the air...I realised
it wasn't a wig as I thought initially, but a head - that's why blood was
dripping on her shoes and skirt
Eyewitness
Alexandra Shuvalova
'She
walked down the street for a long time and was shouting something. But no one
challenged her. Everyone was afraid.'
Dramatic
footage shows the moment police sprinted in towards the woman and tackled her
to the ground.
Emergency
services had earlier been called to an apartment nearby amid reports of black
smoke billowing out of windows.
Firefighters
rescued four people and put out the blaze - but then found the child's beheaded
body
Witness
Alyona Kuratova told independent Dozhd TV that the woman was holding the head
by its hair.
Kuratova
described scenes of chaos, with police cars and ambulances arriving at the
scene and some people yelling: 'terror attack, terror attack.'
She said
she could not make out what the woman shouted but some media reported that she
yelled 'Allah Akbar''- Arabic for 'God is greatest' - and threatened to blow
herself up.
Investigators
claim that the babysitter waited until she was alone with the child in the
apartment before carrying out the murder and starting a fire.
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