A Bulgarian sports official and former member of European Parliament shot dead
Police said three suspects were detained after the killing of Slavi Binev, a former European Parliament member and taekwondo leader.
- On Saturday, Slavi Binev, head of the Bulgarian Taekwondo Federation, was shot dead at his home in Sofia. Police received a gunfire report at 10:30 a.m. and found him dead at the scene.
- Top police officer Lyubomir Nikolov reported three suspects were detained on a highway outside Sofia, with two holding Turkish citizenship and the third a Bulgarian ID card.
- Authorities confirmed the suspects were armed, though Nikolov offered no motive. The shooting coincided with a heated presidential election campaign.
- Local media reports linked Slavi Binev to 1990s entertainment venues allegedly involved in illegal activities. During that decade, mafia-style killings of public figures were common in Bulgaria.
- Slavi Binev, 60, had transitioned from a successful Taekwondo career to politics, serving in the National Assembly and European Parliament on nationalist party tickets.
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BULGARIAN businessman and politician Slavi Binev was murdered in his home in Sofia. Binev was a former MEP, athlete and businessman with connections to crime.
In Sofia, the 60-year-old Vice-President of the Bulgarian Olympic Committee, the President of the Bulgarian Federation of Taekwondo and businessman Slavi Binev were shot in the head and three people were arrested by the law enforcement authorities on suspicion of having committed the crime: one Bulgarian citizen and two Turkish citizens; TASS. The Acting Chief Secretary of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Lubomir Nikolav, reported that the inci…
The businessman and Bulgarian politician Slavi Binev was shot dead at his home in Pavlovo district of Sofia, police starting an investigation and an operation to identify those responsible, according to the Bulgarian press. The Ministry of Internal Affairs received a referral on the murder just before 10:30 a.m., and emergency medical services received...
Businessman Slavi Binev was shot dead in the capital's Pavlovo district. The information was confirmed by the National Police Directorate to NOVA. Forensic scientists are working at the crime scene. At the moment, there is no officially reported data on the detained perpetrator, the motive for the shooting or the weapon used to commit the crime. The victim was the president of the Bulgarian Taekwondo Federation. The police have not announced any…
The President of the Bulgarian Taekwondo Federation and the Vice-President of the European Taekwondo Union, Slavi Binev, who was also a member of the Parliament of Bulgaria and the European Parliament,
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