site.btaMexican National Detained in Sofia for Murder of MMA Fighter
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Mexican National Detained
in Sofia for Murder
of MMA Fighter
Haskovo, Southeastern Bulgaria, February 14 (BTA) - A Мexican national, 42, has been detained for the murder of 33-year-old MMA fighter and trader of food supplements Turgay Sali, said Haskovo District Prosecutor Ivan Stoyanov and Regional Directorate of Interior head Nedan Hadzhiev at a joint briefing here on Monday. The police received an alert about shooting shortly after 1 am on February 13.
The injured Sali died on Monday after being taken to a hospital, Stoyanov specified. The police narrowed the suspects down to the Mexican national, whom they arrested in a hotel in Sofia. He had entered Bulgaria from North Macedonia on February 10, Hadzhiev added.
Stoyanov and Hadzhiev said that contract killing cannot be backed with evidence at this early stage of the investigation.
The suspect has been detained for 72 hours. RY/YV
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DS1805ES.120
120 HOME AFFAIRS - HASKOVO - MURDER - MEXICAN - DETAINED
Mexican National Detained
in Sofia for Murder
of MMA Fighter
Haskovo, Southeastern Bulgaria, February 14 (BTA) - A Мexican national, 42, has been detained for the murder of 33-year-old MMA fighter and trader of food supplements Turgay Sali, said Haskovo District Prosecutor Ivan Stoyanov and Regional Directorate of Interior head Nedan Hadzhiev at a joint briefing here on Monday. The police received an alert about shooting shortly after 1 am on February 13.
The injured Sali died on Monday after being taken to a hospital, Stoyanov specified. The police narrowed the suspects down to the Mexican national, whom they arrested in a hotel in Sofia. He had entered Bulgaria from North Macedonia on February 10, Hadzhiev added.
Stoyanov and Hadzhiev said that contract killing cannot be backed with evidence at this early stage of the investigation.
The suspect has been detained for 72 hours. RY/YV
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