An arrest has been made for the murder of the 42-year-old man who was found dead days ago after a search in Targovishte.
“In the course of the investigation, it was established that he had a close relationship with a friend of his. They had common themes and were mostly connected by their liking for weapons. Our initial version was that they may have an unsettled financial relationship between them. In subsequently, it turned out that where we found the body, on the same day, the two of them fired with their illegal weapons. While handling the perpetrator, he fired an accidental shot, shot the victim and he died on the spot,” added the head of the GDNP. He added that the killer has been detained, the head of the “National Police” Chief Commissioner Atanas Ilkov said on Nova TV.
“Still, there is a lot of investigative action to come. It will be seen then whether it was intentional or careless,” said the head of the National Police.
“As of now, I cannot say that they have engaged in usury. However, both have criminal records. The murdered person was charged with drug distribution and bodily harm, and the perpetrator was charged with theft,” said Ilkov.
“The perpetrator tried to mislead the police. He said that he had bought an illegal rifle and there might have been an untoward incident with it. He tried to mislead us to change our focus, but he failed,” he shared.
“Two illegally possessed weapons have been identified – the rifle found at the scene and a second one which is very old and no longer usable. This may be the reason for the firing of the shot,” he admitted.
“An automatic firearm of the submachine gun type caused the man’s death,” concluded Ilkov.
The arrested person is a close friend and partner of the murdered man. Both have criminal records.
On Sunday, the man was declared wanted. On Wednesday, he was found on the outskirts of the city with a gunshot wound to the back of the head, with a rifle next to him. An arrest has been made in the case.
Today, the Ministry of the Interior and the District Prosecutor’s Office – Targovishte will give a briefing in order to bring more clarity to the case.
2024-01-13 07:24:00
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