Suspect in Iryna Farion's murder brought to court in Lviv

Suspect in Iryna Farion's murder brought to court in Lviv

Kyiv  •  UNN

July 26 2024, 10:39 AM  •  15879 views

The 18-year-old suspect in the murder of linguist Iryna Farion was brought to the Galician District Court of Lviv. The prosecutor's office will insist on detention without bail.

The suspect in the murder of linguist Iryna Farion was brought to the Galician District Court of Lviv. He is in the courtroom, reports UNN.

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Before the start of the hearing, Irina Farion's daughter Sofia, who was in the courtroom, said that she received the last message from her mother at 19:13.

"I received the last message from her: "Called a taxi", at 19:13," Sofia said.

Sofia asked the suspect in the courtroom why he had killed Farion and what she had done to him, to which the suspect replied: "Time will tell".

As reported earlier, the prosecutor's office will insist on applying a preventive measure of detention without bail to the 18-year-old suspect in the murder of linguist Irina Farion.

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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.