Kyiv, Ukraine —

A Ukrainian politician, who was previously the chair of his country’s parliament, has been shot dead in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, officials said Saturday.

Authorities are still searching for the killer of Andriy Parubiy, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a post on social media, calling the member of parliament’s death a “horrendous murder” and offering his condolences to the victim’s loved ones.

Parubiy, who was also once the head of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council, died before medical personnel arrived on the scene, according to Maksym Kozitskiy, the head the Lviv region military administration.

Ukraine’s General Prosecutor’s Office said that a special operation named “Siren” was launched to investigate the killing. An unkno

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