Member of Notorious Bulgarian Roma Clan Claims Damages

Angel Rashkov, son of notorious Bulgarian Roma boss Kiril Rashkov, will file a claim for attempted murder against ethnic Bulgarian villagers of the Katunitsa village near Plovdiv.

Earlier this week Rashkov-junior, together with his mother, visited family property in the village, upon which they were reportedly attacked by other villagers, who they claim threw stones at them and wounded them.

A grave conflict erupted in Katunitsa September 23, when a van driven by Roma people controlled by Rashkov-father, aka Tsar Kiro, ran down and killed 19-year-old ethnic Bulgarian Angel Petrov.

This provoked the ire of villagers and people across Bulgaria. Throngs gathered in front of the Rashkov estate in Katunitsa and set them aflame in front of a largely inactive police who had beforehand evacuated the family.

The events sparkled nationwide protests, including in nearby Plovdiv and capital Sofia, against what some saw as the inaction of the state against bosses in the organized crime world. Rallies however quickly took on racist anti-Roma overtones.

Rashkov-senior has a criminal record and an allegedly long history in alcohol bootlegging, pickpocketing networks, and human trafficking.

He is known as Tsar Kiro due to his informal, but reportedly strong influence over a segment of the Roma population in the Plovdiv region and elsewhere.

Sunday his son Angel commented that he has also prepared documents to file a claim against the damage of the family property and will request indemnities amounting to BGN 1 M from perpetrators.

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