CNN —An 18-year-old man has been detained on suspicion of killing a former Ukrainian lawmaker, local authorities say, after her fatal shooting in the city of Lviv.
Iryna Farion, 60, died in hospital last Friday after she was shot in western Ukraine, the mayor of Lviv, Andriy Sadoviy, posted on Facebook.
A specialist team of Ukrainian security forces and criminal analysts tracked down the suspect on Thursday after 139 hours of investigative work, according to the country’s Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko.
“We checked every corner of the shooter’s escape route,” Klymenko posted on Telegram.
A former nationalist parliamentarian and professor, Farion was known for her unfavorable attitude towards the Russian language, which is spoken in eastern Ukraine.
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Iryna Farion, Andriy Sadoviy, Ihor Klymenko, “, ” Klymenko, Peter, Paul, Olena, Volodymyr Zelensky, ”, Farion
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