New details have emerged in the brutal killing of a 26-year-old woman in Aktobe. According to the outlet "Diapazon," the tragedy occurred on November 5 in a house in the Nur Aktobe district, and the cause of death was asphyxia — strangulation. Neighbors heard nothing but confirmed the crime took place in their stairwell, the website infohub.kz reports.

The suspect is 31 years old. According to the victim's neighbors, they heard no sounds but confirmed that the crime was committed in their stairwell.

At a nearby store, a saleswoman said the woman had come in to shop and had a daughter who attended kindergarten.

News of the killing also appeared on the social network Threads. One user wrote that her sister had been killed and that her former husband, with whom she shared a child, was suspected of the murder.

"Men, what is happening to you? He killed such a young woman so brutally, he is in prison himself, and now her little daughter is an orphan. May Allah punish him. This is a great, difficult loss for us. I would not wish this on an enemy," she wrote.

Earlier it was reported that a 26-year-old woman had been killed in Aktobe and that a suspect had been detained. Police preliminarily established that the crime was committed over a domestic conflict between former spouses.

Also, a few days ago another 26-year-old woman was killed at a wedding palace in Aktobe. A suspect was detained; according to police, he was the victim's former cohabitant, and the conflict between them at the facility arose over the issue of relinquishing parental rights.