22:12, 12 January 2026

The father of a teenager killed in Derbent has demanded that the perpetrators be punished.

The father of an 18-year-old man murdered in Derbent in September 2025 has appealed to the Investigative Committee, the Prosecutor General's Office of Dagestan, and the head of the republic, Sergei Melikov, asking them to take control of his son's case.

As reported by Kavkazsky Knot, in early October 2025, a second suspect, a 49-year-old local resident, was detained on suspicion of murder of the 18-year-old Derbent resident. The Investigative Committee had previously reported the detention of the first suspect.

The murder took place on September 28, 2025, near a residential building located on Senchenko Street in Derbent. According to investigators, "during a conflict stemming from previously existing personal animosities," two local residents, who are related, "used violence against an 18-year-old resident of the republic. The men punched and kicked the teenager on various parts of his body," the Investigative Committee of Russia for Dagestan reported.

A video appeal from Shingar Alifula, a resident of Aktau, Kazakhstan, to investigative authorities asking them to take control of the murder case of his 18-year-old son, Shamil Shingarov, was published on the Telegram channel "Pearl of the South," which has over 18,000 subscribers. By 8:15 p.m. Moscow time, the post had garnered over 3,000 views.

According to the father, the killers were a father and son who dragged the teenager into a private home, beat him, tied him up, and took him out of town, where they shot him and buried his body. They then fled the scene. They were later apprehended.

"I ask you to take this case under control so that the killers cannot escape responsibility and are punished to the fullest extent of the law," the father said. Shingar Alifula's video message.

He also asked the public to join in supporting the investigative authorities so that the criminals cannot escape justice. "I ask the people of Dagestan, the Russian Federation, and my son's friends to support them so that these criminals receive a fitting punishment," Alifula noted.

By 8:30 PM Moscow time, neither the head of Dagestan nor law enforcement agencies had responded to Shingar Alifula's message.

The "Caucasian Knot" also reported that a professional MMA fighter from Dagestan was detained in connection with the assault of a girl in the Tver region; she suffered multiple injuries.

Translated automatically via Google translate from https://www.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/419867