Police Arrest Bulgarian Businessman Connected to 'Killers'

Bulgaria's Interior Minister has announced the arrest of the businessman Georgi Valev, believed to be connected to "The Killers" gang. Photo by BGNES

Georgi Valev, a businessman from the Bulgarian city of Veliko Tarnovo, was arrested Thursday in connection to "The Killers" crime group.

Bulgaria's Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov has explained that Valev was accused of ordering the murders of the businessman from the Bulgarian city of Shumen Rumen Rachev and the Veliko Tarnovo lawyer Petar Lupov.

Tsvetanov added that the motive for the murders was financial. Valev is also suspected for initiating the beating against Lupov in 2008 and for the arson of his car.

At present, the police are continuing investigating addresses in Veliko Tarnovo.

"The Killers" gang is believed ti be behind these and several other assassinations around the country. The police have detained the President of the Bulgarian Sumo Federation, Petar Stoyanov,, Petar Atmadzhov, Yordan Kolev aka Dancho Salmanskiya, and two other men, believed to be part of "the Killers." 

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