Police reports suspicion in Nozdrovska's murder – Lutsenko

09:39, 09.01.2018 1 min read

Law enforcers have announced suspicion of the detained suspect in the murder of human rights activist and lawyer Iryna Nozdrovska, Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yuriy Lutsenko said on Facebook.

"The investigator of the Vyshgorod police department announced suspicion of the murder of Iryna Nozdrovska," he said.

At the same time, Lutsenko added that the employees of the National Police and the Prosecutor's Office "were able to do their part in the conditions of artificially created, politicized hysteria, as they did in more than 2,000 proceedings on the murders of last year."

As reported, in the evening of January 8, the press service of the Interior Ministry of Ukraine, referring to First Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Serhiy Yarovy, said that the suspect in the murder of the human rights activist was detained pursuant to Article 208 of the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine.