KYIV, Ukraine —

A nationalist Ukrainian lawmaker was shot dead in a “carefully planned” attack in the western city of Lviv on Saturday, officials said, with the killer still on the loose.

Andriy Parubiy was shot several times with a short-barreled firearm, police said, adding that the perpetrator, who fled the scene and has not yet been identified, was “thoroughly prepared.” Advertisement

Parubiy, who was a current MP and previously the chair of Ukraine’s parliament, died before medical personnel arrived on the scene, according to Maksym Kozitskiy, head of the Lviv region military administration.

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that the murder was “carefully planned,” describing the politician’s death as a “horrendous murder” on social media.

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