Man confesses to feeding human flesh to stray cats outside his window

NEWS AND COMMENT: A man living in Kazakhstan (first name: Arman, 33) has admitted to police when in custody to feeding the flesh of his neighbour, Daniyar, 37, to stray cats outside his window. The good point is that he likes cats! Sorry that's too flippant.

The bad point is that he decided with his neighbour to have a drinking session at his apartment. They bought several litre bottles of vodka and began to drain them of their contents. Unsurprisingly it started off as a nice pleasant drinking session albeit heavy but deteriorated into an argument which further deteriorated into violence and to the point where Arman stabbed Daniyar to death with a kitchen knife.

 Man confesses to feeding human flesh to stray cats outside his window. Blood on
window frame. Pic: Astana TV.

Not satisfied with that act and being concerned about the stray cats outside his apartment window he cut off bits of flesh from Daniyar and fed the stray cats by throwing the flesh through the window to the cats outside.

The reason why he fed the cats with bits of Daniyar is because he wanted to get rid of the evidence. It would have been a very slow, tortuously slow process and impractical to put it mildly. I can't help being slightly amused by this although that is a horrible thing to do because I'm genuinely sympathetic towards Daniyar's family who must be terribly distraught.

 Man confesses to feeding human flesh to stray cats outside his window. The apartment block.
Image: Astana TV.

But the behaviour of these two men and the general picture that the story draws in my mind reminds me of a B-movie horror flick. Maybe they'll make one and start it off by saying that it is based upon a true story. Arman lived in Karaganda apparently.

I wondered whether the cats would accept raw human flesh as a meal. I expect that they did because it looks bloody cold at this time of year in Kazakhstan and I also expect that they were starving. As domestic and stray cats are obligate carnivores it would have been a reasonable diet!