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The crime was prepared for more than one month: law enforcement officers revealed the details of Parubiy's murder

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Ukraine

Monday, September 1


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The murder of the People's Deputy, former Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Andriy Parubiy was being prepared for more than one month, said Deputy Head of the National Police, Chief of the Criminal Police Andriy Nebytov.

According to him at the briefing, the details of the crime should remain for the investigation to establish all the circumstances and all the persons involved in the murder.

At the same time, he noted that today all possible versions of the motive are being considered."Today we can say that the person had the intention to kill. We do not rule out that this was a Russian trace, that this was an order from the Russian Federation," Nebytov said.

The briefing noted that the suspect in the murder of Andriy Parubiy did not have a permanent job, was not a delivery service courier, and was interrupted by temporary part-time jobs."He had certain circumstances under which he committed this crime," Nebytov said.

At the same time, he did not answer the question of whether the information that the man was blackmailed with the body of his murdered son was true.

New details about the murder of People's Deputy Parubiy

The head of the Lviv Regional Prosecutor's Office, Mykola Meret, noted that the man was suspected of committing murder."Investigative actions are currently ongoing and will continue for a long time, because we have a very large amount of work. In addition, a petition has been prepared to impose a preventive measure on the specified person - we will request detention without the possibility of bail. This petition will be submitted to the court in the near future," he emphasized.

The Chief of Police of the Lviv Region, Oleksandr Shlyakhovsky, noted that they cannot disclose information about where the man got his skills with weapons.

Nebytov added that law enforcement officers do not rule out the fact that the person intended to illegally leave Ukraine. According to him, one person has been declared a suspect at the moment."We are saying that at the moment there are no accomplices. But we have not rejected any version. Our priority is to work out information about a possible Russian trace," Nebytov emphasized.

He also added that the preparation for the murder lasted more than one month. Therefore, it cannot be ruled out that there were individuals who instructed the man and tried to facilitate the commission of this murder.

Arrest of suspect in the murder of Andriy Parubiy - latest news

UNIAN previously reported that the man was detained on the night of September 1 in the Khmelnytskyi region. The crime was carefully prepared.": the deceased's movement schedule was studied, a route was laid, an escape plan was thought out," said the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Ihor Klymenko.

In addition, the National Police demonstrated several shots from the moment of detention The man tried to cover his tracks - he changed clothes, got rid of his weapon and went to the Khmelnytskyi region.

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