The nanny who allegedly held up a child’s severed head outside a Moscow subway station appeared in court today, stripped of her hijab and smiling.
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With shoulder-length black hair parted in the centre, she wore a royal blue pinafore over a black tracksuit top.
It was not clear when the video was filmed, but Bobokulova was wearing the same clothes as during a court appearance on Wednesday.
Videos of some of her statements in court are in translation now.
Investigators said they were trying to determine the suspect’s motive.
But according to reports, Russian prosecutors believe the nanny, originally from Uzbekistan, had a less divine accomplice.
The Investigative Committee released a statement saying a woman was arrested Monday on suspicion of killing a child aged 3 or 4 in an apartment near the metro station in northwestern Moscow and then setting the apartment on fire.
The mass-circulation Moskovsky Komsomolets, citing Uzbek police, said the woman had suffered from schizophrenia for about 15 years.
The child’s mother was transported to a local hospital for medical treatment when she fell unconscious after hearing the news of her murdered child.
In recent days, Moscow residents have laid flowers and children’s toys outside the Oktyabrskoye Polye metro station where Bobokulova was arrested and outside of the child’s home.
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A friend of the bereaved family, Andrei Mishchenkov, said on Facebook that some 2.5 million rubles ($33,780/31,000 euros) had so far been collected from the public in a drive to help the parents.
