Suspect in Farion’s murder detained
25 July 2024 15:32
Police have detained a suspect in the murder of Iryna Farion. This was announced by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy, reports "Komersant Ukrainian"
The suspect was detained in Dnipro – he was an 18-year-old boy.
“The detention operation was very difficult. During these days, hundreds of specialists from the National Police of Ukraine, the Security Service of Ukraine and other services worked to solve the murder,”
– zelensky wrote on Telegram.
The minister, in turn, also stressed the complexity of the operation.
“139 hours of continuous work by a huge team of operatives, investigators, criminal analysts, experts, other police services, and employees of the Security Service of Ukraine. We checked every corner of the shooter’s escape route and searched about 100 hectares of forest. Eventually, the suspect was tracked down. We identified him. Having his photo, it was a matter of time: smart video surveillance cameras caught him everywhere,”
– klymenko wrote.
He claims that there is enough evidence to say that it was the detainee who shot the linguist. The suspect is a resident of Dnipro and rented three apartments in Lviv during the preparation for the attempt.
Currently, the investigation is inclined to believe that the shooter was only the perpetrator of the attempt.
What is known about Farion’s murder
on 19 July, former MP and linguist Iryna Farion died in hospital after an assassination attempt.
Around 19:30, an unknown person shot Iryna Farion in the head near her house on Masaryk Street in Lviv. She was admitted to hospital in critical condition.
The police in Lviv region have put a suspect in the murder of linguist and public figure Iryna Farion on the wanted list. His photo and video from surveillance cameras were posted on the police’s social media pages.
Farion was buried at the Lychakiv Cemetery on the central alley (field 22, near the grave of Volodymyr Ivasyuk). Thousands of people gathered to see the linguist to her final resting place.
Today, it was reported that a Russian neo-Nazi organisation claimed responsibility for Farion’s murder.
