DBR agents stage fake assassination to nab potential killer city councilor
The Andividual was linked to pro-Russian parties before they were banned (Photo:DBR)
Former Zhmerynka city council member accused of plotting assassination of fellow councilor.
The State Bureau
of Investigations or DBR staged a fake assassination in order to trap a
Ukrainian city councilor who had plotted to murder a fellow councilor over a
land allocation dispute.
During a special
operation, DBR agents staged the intended victim’s murder, capturing
photographs that the intermediary then presented to the person who ordered the
hit. After receiving payment for the crime, the organizer was apprehended.
The DBR in a press
release on Aug. 9 said it had apprehended a former member of the Zhmerynka City
Council in Vinnytsia Oblast, a member of a banned Russian party, on charges of
conspiring to assassinate another council member.
The bureau has
elected not to name the arrested individual at this time. The suspect was a
member of the pro-Russian Opposition Platform – For Life party.
The arrested
individual’s father, a former MP from the banned Party of Regions, currently
serves as a deputy in the Zhmerynka City Council, representing the prohibited
Opposition Platform – For Life party.
Prior to the
Russian invasion, the father had left Ukraine and his son had taken over their
business and political interests in the city and the region, later voluntarily
relinquishing his position as a city council deputy.
The conflict
originated a few months ago when tensions escalated between the detainee’s
father and another deputy over discussions within the local council related to
land allocation. The allocation allegedly took place against the interests of
the detainee’s personal and business interests.
In response, the
son allegedly arranged the murder of the other deputy, who served on the
Zhmerynka City Council’s permanent land commission.
The DBR disclosed
that the organizer engaged intermediaries to select hitmen for the murder,
offering a payment of $8,500 for the contract killing.
The DBR carried
out a search of the detainee’s residence. Weapons, funds, and other
incriminating evidence were reportedly confiscated.
The detainee has
been charged with organizing a completed murder attempt, committed for selfish
motives upon order.
The suspect faces
life imprisonment with property confiscation if found guilty.
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