Bulgaria to put five on trial over deaths of 18 Afghan refugees - Khaama Press

Bulgaria to put five on trial over deaths of 18 Afghan refugees - Khaama Press

Five individuals will stand trial in Bulgaria for their involvement in the deaths of 18 Afghan refugees, who suffocated in a truck. The Bulgarian government has announced that the Sofia Prosecutor’s Office will put five individuals on trial for their involvement in an organized criminal group, human trafficking, and the death of 18 Afghan refugees in 2023. According to the Bulgarian News Agency, on Tuesday, April 1, two of the accused witnesses …

Bulgaria brings five people to trial over deaths of 18 Afghan migrants

The Sofia City Prosecution Office brought five people to trial for participation in an organized criminal group, smuggling and the murder of 18 Afghan citizens, its press centre said on Tuesday.  On February 17, 2023, the bodies of 18 illegal migrants, who had apparently suffocated to death, were found on a truck near the village of Lokorsko (16 km north of Sofia).  The indictment states that 52 Afghans were loaded into a truck from the area of …