Bulgaria’s Top Cop Vows Measures for Inadequate Policemen in Notorious Murder Case

Bulgaria's Interior Minister, Tsvetan Tsvetanov said that "one or two" police officers will be punished for acting improperly towards the family of the victim. BGNES

Bulgarian police officers will be punished for their questionable behavior in the aftermath of the murder of a young girl in the city of Pernik, the country's Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov has revealed.

Early on Monday, Tsvetanov told the Bulgarian National Television that "one or two" police officers will be punished for acting improperly towards the family of the victim.

The sister of 17-year-old Miroslava Nikolova, whose dead body was discovered last week, has complained that an employee of the local unit for combatting organized crime has told her to "grab a gun and go look for her alone."

The police officers who could not prevent one of the murder suspects from committing  suicide will also be sanctioned, Tsvetanov announced. However, he pointed out that the employees in question are proven professionals, explaining once again their inadequate actions with "fatigue".

The Interior Minister further criticized the Bulgarian judicial system for not keeping behind bars the other key suspect for the recent murder, 25-year-old Mario Lyubenov.

Mario Lyubenov was reportedly a classmate of Borislav – boyfriend of Miroslava's sister, Eleonora. The girl was kidnapped because Borislav recently inherited a large amount of money and the perps planned to ask him for ransom. They told police they killed Miroslava because they had no means to take care of her.

The other alleged culprit, a man called Stoycho, committed suicide during a police search of his apartment.

Prime Minister Boyko Borisov's controversial remarks on the murder case stirred criticism in the Bulgarian media and in social networks towards the end of the last week.

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