Daniel Burke murder suspect named after Manchester man shot dead in Ukraine with global manhunt underway
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA suspect wanted in connection with the murder of a Manchester man in Ukraine has been named. Daniel Burke had gone to suport the resistance against Russia when he was fatally shot from behind, an inquest hearing was told.
But Daniel did not die in a theatre of war. Daniel disappeared on August 11 last year before his body was found in a drain near a shooting range on the outskirts of Zaporizhzhya.
His remains were not found until September 16, seven weeks after his death, and confirmation that it was Daniel, established through DNA, was not made until December.
GMP has confirmed his death is being treated as homicide by the Ukrainian authorities. The 36-year-old former British paratrooper, from Wythenshawe, had suffered more than one gunshot wound to the head and upper neck, and a man has made a confession to his killing, saying it was an accident, an opening to his inquest was told. READ MORE: Greater Manchester man fighting for Vladimir Putin in Ukraine exposed The hearing before Area Coroner for Manchester, Zak Golombeck, was told information surrounding Daniel's death was relatively limited in respect of the circumstances.
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