Farion's murder: Interior Ministry shows video of suspect's arrest
Kyiv • UNN
An 18-year-old suspect in the murder of linguist Iryna Farion was detained in Dnipro. The Ministry of Internal Affairs showed a video of the detention and search operations, including the detainee's answers to questions about the crime.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs showed the moment of detention of the suspect in the murder of linguist Iryna Farion, as well as operational and investigative actions during the investigation, including the detainee's answers to questions about the crime, UNN reports.
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The video of the search operations, which lasted continuously for several days, was shown at a briefing on July 26 with the Minister of Internal Affairs Ihor Klymenko, the head of the National Police of Ukraine, and the Deputy Prosecutor General and First Deputy Head of the Security Service of Ukraine in Lviv.
Addendum
On July 19, an unidentified person shot at Iryna Farion, a linguist and professor at Lviv Polytechnic. The woman was taken to the hospital with a head wound in an extremely serious condition. Iryna Farion died in the hospital.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy reportedthat on July 25, an 18-year-old man was detained in the city of Dnipro, allegedly involved in the premeditated murder of Iryna Farion.
According to Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko , law enforcement officials 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.
The police reported earlier that they had several versions of the murder of linguist Iryna Farion, including public and political activities and personal animosity. Law enforcement officers found a shell casing after the shooting and do not rule out a "Russian trace" in the crime.
On July 26, law enforcement officers notified that an 18-year-old resident of Dnipro was suspected of murdering Irina Farion.
On July 26, at 13:00, the Halytskyi District Court of Lviv is expected to hold a hearing on the choice of a preventive measure against the 18-year-old suspect in the murder of Irina Farion.
Prosecutors will insist on applying a pre-trial restraint in the form of detention without bail to the 18-year-old suspect in the murder of linguist Irina Farion.
