Former Ukrainian MP Iryna Farion assassinated near Lviv home

Police are considering 'personal animosity' toward the former MP due to her social and political activities as a possible motive behind the attack.

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00:00A former Ukrainian MP has been assassinated near her home in Lviv.

00:09Sixty-year-old Irina Faryon was rushed to hospital after she was shot on the street

00:14by an unknown assailant and later died from her injuries.

00:20A manhunt is underway for her killer and Ukrainian officials are carrying out an investigation

00:26into the attack.

00:49Faryon served as a member of the Ukrainian parliament between 2012 and 2014 and was best

00:56known for her campaigns to promote the use of the Ukrainian language.

01:02She controversially criticised Russian-speaking members of Ukraine's Azov regiment who defended

01:07the port city of Mariupol in the first days of Russia's invasion.