Chief prosecutor Ivan Geshev was without his family in the car in front of which an explosion occurred on Monday. This was confirmed by Geshev himself in a remote interview with BNT from New York, broadcast on Sunday evening. The state prosecutor stated that he was in the car with NSO officers.
Geshev attributed the discrepancies in speaking on the subject to interpretations of his messages, with which he informally responded to journalists.
It also turned out that the motorcade with the chief prosecutor did not stop after the explosion, but continued its movement towards the capital.
Ivan Geshev did not comment on the claims of the acting interior minister about the force of the explosion, stressing that only the experts can give an accurate answer to the question.
However, he drew attention to the fact that the preliminary conclusions about a force with 3 kilograms of TNT equivalent were made by employees of the Anti-Terrorism Squad, which is under the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
On Friday in the parliament, Minister Ivan Demerdzhiev rubbished the initial version of the blast, stating that the headlight of the armored car was only slightly damaged, and that the blast did not have the power to breach the protection of the car in which the chief prosecutor was riding.
One to one:
BNT: Who were you with in the car? Was your family inside?
Ivan Geshev: I was with NSO officials, as I am almost every time. And the reason I am answering your questions is that there is clearly an attempt to replace the main question. And the main question is whether it is normal to carry out an attack and an explosion next to the car of the chief prosecutor of a country from the European Union, and in which years are we chewing and in which years are we returning.
BNT: However, why did it come to this situation that your deputy apologized for saying that you were with your family, where did the misunderstanding occur?
Ivan Geshev: What I can say is that hardly anyone can predict what a person’s reaction will be after such an incident. I communicated informally with your colleagues by messaging. They asked me how I was. I wrote that I am fine, but I am worried about my children. And that, I think, is the normal reaction of any normal person at this point. After that, various improvisations started in the media that I was with my family, which made it necessary for me to announce on Facebook that I have not made and will not make official statements about the case. But apparently this turned out to be insufficient, and now at the moment I have to answer this question. Otherwise, Mr. Sarafov probably didn’t consider his statement, but I don’t see it as a bad thing to apologize for your mistake. I did not hear the Minister of the Interior apologize for saying that there was a person wanted for this attack and for this explosion.
BNT: There are significant differences between the statements of the investigators and those of the interior minister, both regarding the force of the explosion and its striking power, the damage. Why are these discrepancies? Even more, the thesis that it is a staging is found in them. Supporters of this thesis see arguments in support of it precisely in these discrepancies and what kind of Israeli expert visited the place, when and how did he arrive in Bulgaria, on what occasion?
Ivan Geshev: Now I cannot answer why the acting interior minister, Mr. Demerdzhiev, makes any statements. At least he didn’t visit the scene. Next, according to the NPC, he is not involved in this investigation and has no right to divulge information. The investigation is being conducted by investigators from the National Security Agency. Next, his own employees verbally stated to NSLS investigators that it was an explosion with at least 3 kilograms of TNT equivalent. So I do not wish to comment on these statements of Minister Demerdzhiev.
