Tourist, 29, killed ‘by Tinder date’ in Mauritius had tongue cut out so ‘she couldn’t scream’ as vid shows final moments
THIS is the tragic moment tourist Zaliya Shamigulova was last seen alive before she was brutally stabbed to death in Mauritius by her Tinder lover.
Footage shows the 29-year-old university teacher entering a blue car wearing a white and blue dress shortly before she was stabbed several times.
A post-mortem examination revealed that the Russian tourist had her tongue and throat cut from her body, as well as multiple stab wounds to her chest.
Zaliya was last seen alive on August 17 near her rental flat near Flic-en-Flac beach and was reported missing by a female travelling companion.
She was found naked, buried in a shallow grave.
According to Russian media, an IT engineer, 29, from Mauritius confessed to killing her.
Zaliya had met the detained suspect on the dating app Tinder.
The 29-year-old local man allegedly “confessed” to her killing and explained how he had stabbed and mutilated the tourist, according to law enforcement sources.
Local media outlets said detectives were still seeking to find the missing body parts and also her clothing.
Detectives suspect the killer had intended to cut up her body but in the event buried it in a makeshift grave on the island.
The suspect was reported to have led police to the grave in La Marie, a residential area.
A police report said: “He said he was deeply in love with 29-year-old Zaliya Shamigulova and [claimed he] was planning to marry her.”
During interrogation, he said that he had “allegedly learned about his new girlfriend’s infidelity”.
“On Saturday, the man went to take the Russian woman sightseeing on the island, but in a fit of jealous rage, he pulled out a knife and brutally killed his lover before stripping her and burying her body.”
A funeral ceremony was held for Zaliya before her body was to be returned to Russia.
Zaliya had recently posted that on her Mauritius holiday she was “catching happiness every day.”
Her relatives in Russia received messages purportedly from her saying she had decided to disappear and not to contact her.
She had been a torch bearer ahead of the Winter Olympics in Sochi in 2014 and was a university teacher from Chelyabinsk in the Urals.
She had been due to travel to Madagascar on September 1.