Farion's murder: the suspect is being checked for involvement in a neo-Nazi movement centered in Russia

Law enforcement officers are checking the suspect in the murder of Irina Farion for involvement in the neo-Nazi movement, whose center is located in Russia. This was announced by the first deputy head of the SBU Serhiy Andrushchenko during a briefing on Friday, an UNN correspondent reports.

We are checking his involvement in the neo-Nazi movement, the center of which is located in the aggressor country, his ties in Ukraine and his motives for committing this crime. This is either religious hatred or national

According to him, his connections abroad are also being checked, and one of the versions is the involvement of the aggressor country's special services in organizing the crime.

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.

Law enforcement officers notified that an 18-year-old resident of Dnipro is suspected of murdering Irina Farion. 

On July 26, at 13:00, the Halytskyi District Court of Lviv is expected to hear the case of choosing 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.