Kyiv, Ukraine —

The suspected killer of Ukrainian lawmaker Andriy Parubiy admitted his role in the politician’s death on Tuesday, claiming to have carried out the crime in an act of “revenge” against the country’s authorities.

Parubiy, a prominent nationalist politician who was previously the chair of Ukraine’ s parliament, was shot dead in what police called a “carefully planned” attack in the western city of Lviv on Saturday.

The suspect, a 52-year-old resident of Lviv whose name has not been released by police, told journalists on Tuesday that he was responsible for Parubiy’s death, video from inside the court showed. He described the killing as his “personal revenge against the Ukrainian authorities.”

“Yes, I admit I killed him,” he told reporters inside the court, denying th

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