As the Prosecutor General’s Office told UzNews.uz, on April 27 at approximately 02:55, the bodies of three family members – a woman, a boy and a girl – were found in one of the houses in the Syrdarya district after a fire. Signs of murder were found on the bodies of the victims.

Based on this fact, a criminal case was initiated under Paragraphs “a, j”, Part 2 of Article 97 of the Criminal Code (Intentional murder of two or more persons with extreme cruelty). An investigation is underway.

It is noted that an operative-investigative groups of the prosecutor’s office and internal affairs bodies detained a suspect in committing this crime.