FBI to join probe into journalist Sheremet's murder - Ukrainian National Police chief

15:13, 20.07.2016 1 min read

Ukrainian law enforcement and security agencies are putting together a task force to investigate journalist Pavel Sheremet's killing, and this task force will include officers from the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Ukrainian National Police chief Khatia Dekanoidze said.

"The Security Service chief, the prosecutor general, and I, as the National Police chief, have received clear instructions from President Poroshenko: we are putting together a task force," Dekanoidze said at a news briefing on Wednesday.

The task force will include FBI officers, she said.