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Little boy dies saving sister from paedophile
(December 2, 2008, 20:36)
An 8-year-old boy has died trying to save his sister from being attacked by a paedophile in the Moscow region. Thanks to the little hero, the suspect was detained and will face trial.
On Tuesday the brave boy – Zhenya Tabakov - was buried in the town of Noginsk.
http://www.russiatoday.com/russian_news/news/34145
Boy who died saving sister from rapist awarded
(February 3, 2009, 16:30)
A seven-year-old boy who died defending his elder sister from a rapist has been honoured with an Order of Courage medal. Evgeny Tabakov’s mother picked up the award for her dead son.
The Head of the Investigative Committee at the Public Prosecutor’s Office, Andrey Bastrykin, recommended that Evgeny should get the award because of his bravery.
In November last year a convicted criminal broke into the apartment of the Tabakov family in the military town of Noginsk-9 in Moscow Region. He intended to carry out a robbery. Seven-year-old Evgeny and his twelve-year-old sister were at home at the time. Finding nothing valuable to steal, the criminal decided to satisfy himself in a different way, by raping the girl. But seven-year-old Evgeny had other ideas. The second grade pupil defended his sister from the attacker, an act of courage that cost him his life. The girl escaped but the attacker stabbed Evgeny with a knife eight times.
The next evening the 35-year-old would-be rapist was caught by an army officer, who was later awarded for this action. “This tragedy shocked staff on the Investigative Committee at the Public Prosecutor’s Office – people who deal with death every day… But this case went beyond any norms”, Andrey Bastrykin said at the awards ceremony.
What little Evgeny Tabakov did was exceptional. Bastrykin said everything should be done to make sure the boy did not sacrifice his life in vain. The boy’s school promised to erect a memorial in the school lobby telling Evgeny Tabakov’s story. It also said only the best pupils would be allowed to sit in Evgeny’s old desk in his classroom.
http://www.russiatoday.com/russian_news/news/36804
