plovdiv · BG
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A businessman was shot dead in Plovdiv at about 01:00 on 30 September 2026. Police received a report of a man having been shot roughly an hour after midnight and confirmed his death when they reached the scene. He had been shot in the head with a firearm at a property he owned in the city's Западен (Western) district, and according to initial police information the attack came after he returned home from the Botev Plovdiv stadium. The victim was the majority owner of the football club Botev Plovdiv and, since August 2026, chairman of its board of directors; he was also a co-owner of one of the country's largest logistics companies. In 2025 he had undertaken to cover the club's debts of nearly seven million leva and had pursued a long concession of the club's stadium from the municipality. In recent years he had publicly accused local companies and businessmen of exercising control over the police in Plovdiv. Police sealed off the scene and forensic officers carried out examinations there. A special investigative staff was formed, police presence was increased at the main exit routes from Plovdiv and border controls were tightened. Officers were also seen checking municipal refuse lorries travelling towards a depot outside the city, which was assumed to be part of the search for traces connected to the killing. Investigators declined to say at this stage whether any suspect had been identified or whether there were witnesses, and said no line of inquiry was being excluded. The Plovdiv district prosecutor said it was too early to settle on a single version and that all possible evidence was being gathered. The motive had not been established.
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