A former MP in Ukraine’s Parliament has been assassinated on the street in broad daylight.
Iryna Farion was shot in the head in the western city of Lviv on Friday, and died after being transported to a hospital.
Mystery is deepening about what happened as the attack happened during one of the electricity outages that hit parts of Ukraine for several hours a day.
This means CCTV in the area was affected, and there is no footage of the assault.
The gunman has not yet been identified, and a manhunt has been launched to trace him.
Police pressed on through the night with a wide search for the man, but there are no clues in the case.
Interior minister Ihor Klymenko said in a statement on Telegram that investigators were for the moment linking the shooting either to Farion’s political activity or to a personal motive.
He stressed that ‘this was not a spontaneous killing’ and police were looking for a motive.
‘We already have several versions. The main ones, I can say, are [linked to Farion’s] social and political activities and personal dislike,’ Klymenko wrote.
‘We do not rule out that the murder has a commissioned character,’ he added.
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