01-03-2026, 11:21 PM
Two dead in fatal shooting at lesbian bar in Toguz
Cise, Utaristan | 6. 12. 5714
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Vigil for the victims in front of Asl
OOC: Trigger warning: fatal homophobia, hate crime
According to Toguz City Public Security, several days ago on the 3rd of December, two women were killed and another bystander was seriously wounded in a shooting in front of the entrance to Asl, the only lesbian bar in Toguz. The shooting had occurred at 18:21, when the shooter fired 5 shots at people coming out of the bar, killing 2 and injuring 1. The first responders arrived at 18:32, transporting the injured to the Toguz City Hospital. At 18:34 the Public Security has closed off all surrounding streets and begun to search for the perpetrator. The perpetrator did not appear to have a proper escape plan and surrendered to the public security officers at 18:43.
The victims were identified as Güzile Maimaiti, a 23-year-old student at Toguz Technical University, and Latifa Mannonova, a 28-year-old kindergarten teacher. The wounded person, whose state has been stabilised in the hospital, has refused to reveal their identity. The perpetrator was 19-year-old Tesha Negmatov. According to information revealed to Public Security and provided to it by the Bureau of Counter-Revolutionary Activities, Negmatov was active in fundamentalist internet spaces and even attempted to join the Ahmadi Coalition for Salvation of Utaristan, a far-right fundamentalist insurgent organisation formerly active in the Farovon province. Apparently Negmatov had planned to shoot up the entire bar and then commit suicide, but his weapon had jammed. Due to security reasons, we could not reach out to the families of the victims, as such an operation could endanger both the families and our journalists in the country.
Negmatov will be facing charges for murder and terrorism and will face trial by the Greater Cise Province Revolutionary People's Court. Under the current Utaristani law, there are no provisions for hate crimes based on sexual or gender identity. There is significant possibility that Negmatov will receive the death penalty, especially if the act receives even more attention from the Utaristani society and international community.
Already there are voices within Utaristani society supporting major reform to the country's approach to gender and sexual minorities. Under the de-religionisation carried out by the Ministry of Ethno-religious Affairs, religious symbols were banned from all public and government spaces, and any religious organisation has to be approved by the Ministry of Ethno-religious Affairs. These efforts have begun to shift Utaristani outlook on sexual minorities from religious conservatism, but change is slow to come, and most Utaristani still consider same-sex relations and gender transition to be 'immoral'.
With the recent attack, however, many have begun to take a firmer stance on the issue, and even the President of Utaristan, Abenanka Ibraev, has announced that she and her administration will begin to consider reform to the laws affecting sexual and gender minorities, such as implementing hate crime and anti-discrimination provisions. The Revolutionary People's Assembly has passed a motion to establish the Special Advisory Committee on Sexual and Gender Identities, which will examine the status quo and propose potential reforms to the RPA.
According to Toguz City Public Security, several days ago on the 3rd of December, two women were killed and another bystander was seriously wounded in a shooting in front of the entrance to Asl, the only lesbian bar in Toguz. The shooting had occurred at 18:21, when the shooter fired 5 shots at people coming out of the bar, killing 2 and injuring 1. The first responders arrived at 18:32, transporting the injured to the Toguz City Hospital. At 18:34 the Public Security has closed off all surrounding streets and begun to search for the perpetrator. The perpetrator did not appear to have a proper escape plan and surrendered to the public security officers at 18:43.
The victims were identified as Güzile Maimaiti, a 23-year-old student at Toguz Technical University, and Latifa Mannonova, a 28-year-old kindergarten teacher. The wounded person, whose state has been stabilised in the hospital, has refused to reveal their identity. The perpetrator was 19-year-old Tesha Negmatov. According to information revealed to Public Security and provided to it by the Bureau of Counter-Revolutionary Activities, Negmatov was active in fundamentalist internet spaces and even attempted to join the Ahmadi Coalition for Salvation of Utaristan, a far-right fundamentalist insurgent organisation formerly active in the Farovon province. Apparently Negmatov had planned to shoot up the entire bar and then commit suicide, but his weapon had jammed. Due to security reasons, we could not reach out to the families of the victims, as such an operation could endanger both the families and our journalists in the country.
Negmatov will be facing charges for murder and terrorism and will face trial by the Greater Cise Province Revolutionary People's Court. Under the current Utaristani law, there are no provisions for hate crimes based on sexual or gender identity. There is significant possibility that Negmatov will receive the death penalty, especially if the act receives even more attention from the Utaristani society and international community.
Already there are voices within Utaristani society supporting major reform to the country's approach to gender and sexual minorities. Under the de-religionisation carried out by the Ministry of Ethno-religious Affairs, religious symbols were banned from all public and government spaces, and any religious organisation has to be approved by the Ministry of Ethno-religious Affairs. These efforts have begun to shift Utaristani outlook on sexual minorities from religious conservatism, but change is slow to come, and most Utaristani still consider same-sex relations and gender transition to be 'immoral'.
With the recent attack, however, many have begun to take a firmer stance on the issue, and even the President of Utaristan, Abenanka Ibraev, has announced that she and her administration will begin to consider reform to the laws affecting sexual and gender minorities, such as implementing hate crime and anti-discrimination provisions. The Revolutionary People's Assembly has passed a motion to establish the Special Advisory Committee on Sexual and Gender Identities, which will examine the status quo and propose potential reforms to the RPA.
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