Balgarianovinite.com Up till now, the National Institute of Forensic Science and the Clinic of Forensic Medicine with the Alexander University Hospital have been ordered to carry out 18 forensic expert examinations, and 15 witnesses, including minors and victims’ friends and relatives, have been questioned, Sofia District Prosecutor Hristina Lulcheva said here on Monday.
Jointly with Interior Ministry officials, Lulcheva briefed the media on the progress of the investigation into the Petrohan case.
Three men were found shot dead in a privately owned hut near the Petrohan Pass (Northwestern Bulgaria) a week ago. Three more men, who had also occupied the property, were discovered on Sunday in a camper van in the area of Okolchitsa Peak, Western Balkan Range, whose death had also been caused by firearms.
Two pretrial proceedings have been launched in connection with the six violent deaths. The leads that the investigators prioritize are homicide succeeded by suicide or suicide, Sofia Deputy Appellate Prosecutor Natalia Nikolova specified, citing the evidence taken so far.
The experts will examine surveillance camera footage and records save in mobile phones, computers, hard discs and memory cards. Fire experts will look into the fire that destroyed part of the hut. The individuals’ movements will be traced by means of traffic data under the Electronic Communications Act, and the court has been asked to authorize banking secrecy disclosure, the investigators said.
Assoc. Prof. Alexander Alexandrov, head of the Clinic of Forensic Medicine and Deontology with the Alexander University Hospital, said that the gunshot wounds to the head, of which all three found at the Petrohan Pass hut died, had apparently been self-inflicted, either point-blank or at close range. He added that the forensic medical expert reports will be presented to the investigators.
Nikolova said that the 15-year-old boy and 22-year-old man, who were found in the camper van in the area of the Okolchitsa Peak, had also died of gunshot wounds to the head. A post-mortem of the third body found there, of a 51-year-old man, is being performed.
At the news conference, the journalists were shown video footage from cameras in front of the Petrohan hut. Some of the deceased can be seen there talking, bidding farewell, and setting fire to part of the building. 18 Expert Examinations Ordered, 15 Witnesses Questioned in Petrohan Case, Sofia District Prosecutor Says 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-02-09 17:38:22 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law