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Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has said that it is a matter of honor for law enforcers to solve the case on the killing of Judge Volodymyr Trofymov of Frunze District Court in Kharkiv and his family. 

“I have ordered an investigation into the case on the murder of the judge and his family, because it is a challenge to the entire Ukrainian society. Solving this crime is a matter of honor for all law enforcement agencies,” he said at an oath taking ceremony for newly appointed judges in Kyiv on Wednesday.

As reported, the decapitated bodies of Judge Trofymov, his wife, his son and his son’s girlfriend were found in the judge’s flat on December 15.

A criminal case was opened under Article 115 (premeditated murder). Investigators are currently establishing the circumstances of the murders.

Ukrainian Prosecutor General Viktor Pshonka said on December 17 that investigators were working on three major lines of inquiry.

“These are that the murder was linked to the professional activities of the victim, murder in order to seize the property of the victim, or a contract killing. These are the principle working theories,” Pshonka said.