In Kyzylorda, a peer killed a schoolboy on the central square. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing Sputnik Kazakhstan.

The victim's mother, Meruert Tanatova, told a Sputnik Kazakhstan correspondent about the incident. The shocking event occurred on October 21 at around 22:00.

Nurislam Raushanbek was a 10th-grade student at School No. 222 named after Turar Ryskulov in Kyzylorda. He helped his mother and earned a living on the central square. His trade was renting out toy cars for rides.

"My son comes to help me at eight in the evening. Children run up to those who come to ride the toy cars and call out, 'ride with us.' We are two entrepreneurs on the central square: one is me, the other is a man named Kanatbek. The children working for the two entrepreneurs fight over the same clients and quarrel near the fountain," says Meruert Tanatova, the mother of the deceased teenager.

'I will not stop hitting him'

One boy from the opposing side grabbed Nurislam by the collar. The mother of the deceased boy intervened and separated them.

"The name of the boy who was quarreling is Bauyrzhan. I went up and said, 'Bauka, don't touch my child.' He said, 'I will touch him; if you want, write a complaint to the police, but I will not stop beating your son,'" says Meruert Tanatova.

He fell backward

According to Meruert, it is not legally permitted to operate toy rides on the central square, but they still make a living secretly. At that moment, the police arrived for an inspection. One hour after the police left, the conflict among the teenagers flared up again.

"Toy cars had gathered near the LED screen. I called out loudly for Nurislam and walked in that direction. I shouted 'Nurislam' loudly, and he stopped and staggered. I thought my son was joking around. At one point, he fell backward," says the mother.

He pulled out the screwdriver

Meruert rushed desperately to her son, who had fallen face up. "My son's legs trembled and then he lay motionless. When I came within two steps, a boy named Miras ran up and pulled the screwdriver out of my son's chest. He did not come alone; he came with that same boy named Bauyrzhan. I was stunned and kept shouting for help," says the teenager's mother.

'Auntie, please don't tell my mother'

Kanatbek, the entrepreneur who rents out cars, was also at the crime scene, says Meruert Tanatova.

"I was in a panic and kept calling for help. The boy who had stabbed him came back and kept saying, 'Auntie, please forgive me, don't tell my mother, don't call 102.' I heard my son gasp, and I saw the screwdriver stuck in his heart area," says the mother.

Meanwhile, an ambulance arrived. The boy and his mother were put in the vehicle and taken to the hospital.