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SDVR chief Georgi Hadjiev and Sofia City Prosecutor Iliana Kirilova spoke about the murder. PHOTOS: YORDAN SIMEONOV
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Versions of terrorism have been launched, it turned out to be a domestic incident
A 62-year-old security guard shot a woman with 4 rounds in the Sofia metro near Sofia Airport yesterday at around 2.10 pm and then committed suicide. Until the editorial end of the issue, forensic scientists had not clarified whether the shooter and the woman had anything in common.
The two were found by the Whatman of the train, who noticed their bodies when the train turned at the last stop. The man immediately called 112. Due to fears that it could be a terrorist attack, heavily armed police officers went to the scene. People arriving at the airport saw them unloading ammunition from their weapons after learning that it was a domestic murder.
Emergency medics only determined the man’s death and set out to help the woman, who was still showing signs of life. She is 55 years old. She was intubated on the spot, after which she was taken to the University Hospital “St. Anna ”.
“One of the wounds is penetrating, craniocerebral, the other two wounds are in the chest, one of them is penetrating the lungs, and the fourth is in the abdomen, in the spleen,” explained the director of the hospital Dr. Slavcho. Gemini. At 7 pm yesterday, 2 of the projectiles were removed, and the operation continued, said Dr. Stefan Kovachev, head of the First Department at the Surgery Clinic. As doctors fought for the woman’s life, forensic scientists continued to inspect the crime scene. The director of SDVR Georgi Hadjiev and the head of the Sofia City Prosecutor’s Office Iliana Kirilova came to the airport.
Five projectiles were found during the inspections, they said. “The identities of the two have been established on the basis of their personal documents,” Kirilova said, but did not reveal them to the media due to the risk of discrepancies, however minimal. “It remains to be seen whether any of them had a ticket for Terminal 2 and whether they had to travel by plane,” Kirilova added.
The weapon is a Makarov pistol and is legally owned by the man, Georgi Hadjiev explained, pointing out that neither the shooter nor the woman has criminal records. Cameras will show the exact movement of the two in the minutes before the murder.
“It is too early to raise versions and motives,” Hadjiev said. He added that they both live in Sofia, but not whether they live together.
An inspection showed that the shooter’s health insurance was from a security company. However, the weapon is personal.
Due to the incident, the subway from line 1 was moving to Iskarsko Shosse station, the Sofia Municipality announced. Transportation to the airport by bus 84 was provided. The work of the airport was not affected, and employees explained to the passengers how to move. (24 hours)
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