Balgarianovinite.com The four senior Interior Ministry officials who have been released are not directly involved in the investigation of the “Petrohan case”, caretaker Interior Minister Emil Dechev told the National Assembly on Friday.
He spoke during a hearing, moved by the There Is Such a People Parliamentary Group, which claimed that the four officials in question “headed the investigation into the Petrohan case.” The release of two directors of the Ministry’s regional directorates: Senior Commissioner Plamen Tomov of Montana (Northwestern Bulgaria) and in Sofia Region, Senior Commissioner Tihomir Tsenov of Sofia Region, and of two heads of directorates general at the Ministry: Chief Commissioner Boyan Radev of Combating Organized Crime and Chief Commissioner Zahari Vaskov of the National Police, ordered by Dechev, was made public on March 4.
The “Petrohan case” refers to a high-profile criminal case in which five men and a 15-year-old boy met a violent death between February 1 and 8. Their bodies were found in two remote mountain locations in Northwestern Bulgaria: a lodge near the Petrohan Pass and a camper van near Okolchitsa Peak. Forensic experts established that all six died of gunshot wounds. Law enforcement officials said the principal leads they followed, based on ballistics findings, the causes of death have been identified as suicide at the lodge and homicide and suicide in the camper.
“The persons in question have not taken part in the investigation directly but, in their capacity as administrative heads, have performed administrative and organizational functions,” the caretaker Interior Minister said. “All personnel directly involved in work on the question, i.e. investigating police officers and operatives, continue to implement the instructions of the supervising prosecutor and to carry out the requisite investigative procedural and operational steps for the establishment of the objective truth,” he explained.
Tomov, Tsenov, Raev and Vaskov have not been dismissed or suspended but have been temporarily transferred to a unit assisting the Interior Minister, Dechev said further. Released Senior Interior Ministry Officials Not Directly Involved in Petrohan Case Investigation – Minister 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-03-06 13:56:45 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