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Bulgaria Links Two Triple Deaths as Autopsies Indicate Murders and Suicide in Mountain Case

Prosecutors cite preliminary autopsy findings pointing to two homicides plus one suicide in the camper van, with investigators examining ties to a controversial NGO.

Overview

  • Six people connected to each other were found dead in two locations in western Bulgaria within a week, and police say the cases are linked.
  • Three victims — two men and a 15-year-old boy — were discovered shot in a camper van near Mount Okolchitsa a week after three others were found shot by a burned hut near Petrohan.
  • Police recovered two handguns, a rifle and shell casings, and forensic experts said shots were fired from close range.
  • CCTV released by authorities shows all six together on February 1 and later captures the trio at the hut setting the building on fire before the others left in the van.
  • Prosecutors list murder‑suicide or suicide as key lines of inquiry; a prosecutor’s office statement reported by local media indicates two murders and one suicide in the van and no signs of struggle among the hut victims.