Slavi Binev. Photo: Sportal
According to Lyubomir Nikolov, Chief Secretary of the Bulgarian Ministry of the Interior, a single bullet casing was found at the scene of the crime. As reported by BTV Novinite, the police have detained three men suspected of involvement in the murder. Their car was stopped on the Trakia motorway after it had left Sofia.
During the arrest, law enforcement officers seized two firearms. One was presumably discarded shortly before the car was stopped; the second was found in the bag of one of the detainees.
The main line of inquiry links the murder to unresolved financial disputes. According to the Ministry of the Interior, the detainees were involved in the construction business.
Binev was the European taekwondo champion in 1992 and a multiple Bulgarian champion. He headed the national federation for the sport, served as first vice-president of the European Taekwondo Union and, from 2025, was a member of the council of the World Taekwondo Federation. From 2005, he was also a member of the Executive Bureau of the Bulgarian Olympic Committee.
In politics, Binev represented Bulgaria in the European Parliament from 2007 to 2014 as a member of the ‘Ataka’ party. From 2014 to 2017, he was a member of the Bulgarian National Assembly.
Further checks of additional sources have also revealed that Binev was shot dead in the Pavlovo district of Sofia. Three suspects were arrested on the Trakia motorway. The theory regarding financial disputes is still preliminary; the final conclusions of the investigation have not yet been published.
This story was translated with the assistance of artificial intelligence.The translation was also reviewed by the Logos Press editorial team.
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