Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said that border guards checked about 58,000 people who wanted to leave Ukraine, exactly the same age as the suspect in the murder of Irina Farion. He said this during a telethon, UNN reports.
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"Border guards were involved in the interception, checking about 58,000 people who wanted to leave our country, exactly the same age as the suspect," Klymenko said.
He confirmed that the boy is indeed a native of Dnipro and is 18 years old. Right now he is in police custody and all investigative work is underway.
"We tracked his intelligence, his movement, his movements, how he changed clothes, changed his gait and routes. He changed his place of residence at least three times... Panama, where the suspect was staying during the murder of Iryna Farion, he bought back in May 2024. At least he had been preparing for this for 2 months," Klymenko added.
Previously
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that on July 25, an 18-year-old man allegedly involved in the premeditated murder of Iryna Farion was detained in Dnipro .
According to Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko, law enforcement officers have enough evidence to claim that it was an 18-year-old boy detained in Dnipro who shot at linguist Iryna Farion. According to him, the investigation lasted 139 hours.
A detained 18-year-old boy suspected of involvement in the murder of linguist Iryna Farion is being served with a notice of suspicion of premeditated murder.