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On the basis of evidence from the SBU and the National Police, the hitman who shot Iryna Faryon received a life sentence
The killer of Iryna Faryon received a life sentence; he was identified and arrested thanks to the joint work of the SBU and the National Police. The perpetrator shot the linguist near her home in Lviv 19 July 2024, after which he tried to flee and go into hiding.
Law enforcement officers arrested the killer within several days in Dnipro, where he had gone to “lay low” to avoid punishment.
The convicted man is a 20-year-old native of the Dnipropetrovsk region who spent more than four months preparing for the high-profile murder. To do this, he purchased a firearm with ammunition on the “black” market in advance, which he then used to shoot Faryon.
Upon arriving in Lviv, the killer consecutively rented three apartments to conceal his whereabouts. He also regularly changed clothing and travel routes while monitoring the victim’s daily routine and the main locations she visited.
The perpetrator shot the linguist near her home in Lviv 19 July 2024.
In the first hours after the crime, SBU counterintelligence compiled an initial body of operational information that made it possible to identify the shooter and later determine his location. These data were subsequently used in joint work with the National Police to search for and arrest him.
During searches, law enforcement officers seized from the detainee a smartphone that contained materials confirming preparation for the murder.
On the collected body of evidence, the Shevchenkivskyi District Court of Lviv found the man guilty under two articles of the Criminal Code of Ukraine:
▪️ para. 8, 14 part 2 art. 115 (intentional murder of a person in connection with the performance of her public duty, committed for motives of racial, national, or religious intolerance);
▪️ part 1 art. 263 (illegal handling of weapons)
The investigation was conducted under the procedural oversight of the Lviv Regional Prosecutor’s Office.
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