Boy Hero Tried to Save Sister

Sad story.

(Noginsk, Russia) Late last year, a 35-year-old ex-convict, Sergey Kiyashko, was arrested for the murder of 8-year-old Zhenya Tabakov while the boy was trying to protect his 12-year-old sister from being raped.

On November 25, Kiyashko was wandering around the quiet town and came up with an idea of how to get some money. Not surprisingly, the ex-convict chose burglary as the easiest way.

When he came into a house in town’s centre and rang a door bell, a 12-year-old girl, Yana Tabakova, opened the door. She and her younger brother Zhenya were home alone whilst their parents were working at a local military hospital.

Threatening the children with a knife, Kiyashko demanded that they give him money or any other valuables. The man grabbed the girl and ordered Zhenya to go and search for money. Kiyashko, meanwhile, started to undress Yana.

When little Zhenya saw what was happening, he ran to the kitchen, took a knife and stabbed the offender into his waist. The paedophile let Yana free, but, furious about the boy’s actions, he jumped Zhenya and stabbed him in the back eight times.

Fearing neighbours might call the police, bleeding Kiyashko escaped and hid in an empty house on the outskirts of the town, but, thanks to the locals who called the police when they saw the suspicious man, the child abuser was soon detained.

Zhenya died at the hospital. Kiyashko is facing murder charges. Shock waves of emotion enveloped the region and the entire town attended the farewell ceremony for Zhenya.

Last week, Zhenya Tabakov was posthumously awarded the Order of Courage Medal. Zhenya's mother, Galina, accepted the award for the boy hero.

Rest in peace.