The murder of Irina Farion: 18-year-old resident of Dnipro is served a notice of suspicion

The murder of Irina Farion: 18-year-old resident of Dnipro is served a notice of suspicion

Kyiv  •  UNN

July 26 2024, 08:44 AM  •  15000 views

Prosecutors have served an 18-year-old resident of Dnipro with a notice of suspicion in the murder of Irina Farion. The suspect has been detained, and prosecutors are requesting that he be held in custody without the possibility of bail.

Law enforcement officers have served an 18-year-old resident of Dnipro with a notice of suspicion in the murder of Iryna Farion. Prosecutors will request that he be held in custody without the possibility of bail, UNN reports, citing the Prosecutor General's Office. 

Under the procedural supervision of the Lviv Regional Prosecutor's Office, an 18-year-old resident of Dnipro city was served a notice of suspicion of committing the intentional murder of a public figure, MP of the VII convocation Iryna Farion (Part 1 Art. 115 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine)

- said Deputy Prosecutor General Anton Voitenko

Voytenko also informed that prosecutors had agreed on a motion to impose on the suspect a preventive measure in the form of detention without the alternative of bail. The motion has now been sent to the Halytskyi District Court of Lviv.

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 reported that 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.

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.