Iryna Farion's daughter gets security after her mother's murder

Iryna Farion's daughter gets security after her mother's murder

Kyiv  •  UNN

August 14 2024, 02:11 PM  •  19354 views

Police provided security for Sofia Semchyshyn, the daughter of murdered linguist Iryna Farion. A suspect in Farion's murder was detained and taken into custody without bail.

Employees of the National Police in Lviv region will provide security for the daughter of linguist and professor of Lviv Polytechnic Iryna Farion, Sofia Semchyshyn. This was reported in a commentary to UNN by the spokeswoman for the National Police Olena Berezhna.

Details

In the framework of the criminal proceedings against Irina Farion's daughter Sofia Semchyshyn, security measures were taken by police officers of the Main Department of the National Police in Lviv Oblast. Such measures are taken in accordance with the Law of Ukraine "On Ensuring the Security of Persons Involved in Criminal Proceedings"

- Berezhna said.

Recall 

On July 19, it was reported that an unknown 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 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 the 18-year-old man detained in Dnipro who shot at linguist Iryna Farion. According to him, the investigation lasted 139 hours.

Law enforcers are checkingthe suspect in the murder of Irina Farion for involvement in the neo-Nazi movement, which is centered in Russia.

The Galician District Court of Lviv sent Vyacheslav Zinchenko, who is suspected of murdering linguist and professor of Lviv Polytechnic Iryna Farion, to custody without the possibility of bail until September 22.

On August 5, the court remanded suspect Vyacheslav Zinchenko in custody . The defense requested a round-the-clock house arrest.