My son may be accomplice, but not murder – Mother of suspect in murder of former Ukrainian MP Farion

The mother of 18-year-old Viacheslav who is suspected of murdering Iryna Farion, a linguist, professor at Lviv Polytechnic National University and former Ukrainian MP, believes that her son could not have killed her and that "he had no motives and no experience in shooting". Source: Olena Zinchenko, mother of the suspect in the murder case, in a comment to Slidstvo.info Quote from Olena Zinchenko: "Slava [short form of Viacheslav - ed.] likes to walk around the city; he can attract attention, and he has always done it, but he could never kill.

Knowing my son, I'm sure he didn't do it. The guy in the police video is sitting, watching or walking the streets - cameras recorded this. But nowhere is there a moment of the shot.

Perhaps my son was an accomplice or someone to attract attention, but I don't believe he committed the murder."

Details: The woman says that in recent weeks, she had not noticed anything suspicious in Viacheslav's behaviour, and he had no motives for the murder. Olena believes that the man in the police photo with the glasses has tanned skin and a slimmer build, unlike her son.  Olena Zinchenko says Viacheslav was in Lviv for a long period last spring.

He studied at the Dronarium Academy to become a UAV operator, so "he knows the city well and how many surveillance cameras there are".

When he was leaving for Lviv again, Viacheslav told his mother that he would be in Ternopil and had not seen his father for a long time because he was at the front. Background: 

• On 26 July, representatives of Ukraine's Ministry of Internal Affairs, the police, the Office of the Prosecutor General, and the Security Service of Ukraine held a joint briefing in Lviv regarding the investigation into Iryna Farion's murder.
• The investigation suggests that Farion was shot with a modified pistol from a distance of 1.5-2 metres; a sports cartridge case was discovered at the scene.
• Law enforcement agencies are investigating the suspect's ties to a neo-Nazi movement, and the investigation has not ruled out a personal grudge. Maksym Buzhansky, an MP from the Servant of the People party, was also listed as a potential victim by the suspect.
• According to Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko, the 18-year-old suspect is a resident of Dnipro. He rented at least three apartments in Lviv while preparing for Farion's assassination.

  Investigators currently believe that the shooter was only a hitman.

• On 26 July, the court arrested 18-year-old Viacheslav Zinchenko without bail.
• After the court has chosen a preventive measure for him, Viacheslav Zinchenko, a suspect in the murder of linguist and former MP Iryna Farion, told reporters that he did not kill Farion, and that he has a negative attitude towards Kremlin head Vladimir Putin.

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