Bulgaria: Border Police Officers Suspended Following Murder Case at Sofia Border Crossing

The Main Directorate of the Border Police has temporarily suspended three border officers assigned to the Strezimirovtsi border crossing on the day of 49-year-old Kiril Rusev's murder. The officers faced suspension after two defendants in the murder case, Alexander Kinov and Petar Alexnadrov, attempted to manipulate the situation by crossing the Serbian border using Rusev's identity card.

The attempt was to create a false impression that Rusev had exited the country....