assassination of Iryna Farion

When

19 Jul 2024

Kind

Assassination

Deaths

1

Coordinates

49.86° N, 24.01° E

Description

2024 murder of the Ukrainian linguist and nationalist

Assassination of Ukrainian politician

Iryna Farion, a Ukrainian linguist, former lawmaker and nationalist politician who served as a deputy in the Verkhovna Rada from 2012 to 2014 for Svoboda, was assassinated outside her home on 19 July 2024. She was 60 years old. Authorities arrested 18-year-old Viacheslav Zinchenko in Dnipro, nearly 900–1,000 km from Lviv. He had rented at least three apartments in Lviv, allegedly preparing for the crime.

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