While a police officer on duty at the Yunusabad farmer market was checking a suspicious-looking man, the man attacked him and injured his neck with a knife he had with him. The officer survived in the hospital.
A video circulating on the Internet shows the police officer running through the stalls, holding his neck, then stopping and lying on the ground, while bystanders rushed to help him.
According to the Interior Ministry, the incident occurred yesterday on May 19 at 18:30 with the post-patrol unit officer of the Yunusabad district police department, sergeant I. Ibragimov.
A man passing by the underground passage aroused suspicion with his actions, and while the officer tried to stop and check him, the man suddenly attacked the officer with a knife that was with him, causing a neck injury.
The officer was urgently hospitalized and his life was saved. As a result of the emergency measures taken, the suspect was detained in a swift operation. It was found to be Hasanov Akrom, 62, resident of Pakhtakor district of Jizzakh province, and to have mental illness history since 2005.
The Yunusabad district attorney's office has opened a criminal case and launched an investigation.
The police department unveiled the photograph of the suspect, where there are signs that he had been severly beaten on the face (at least). You never see other detainees who are suspected of other serious crimes to have been beaten. It seems hurting a policeman has more consequences.
