×
GreekEnglish

×
  • Politics
  • Diaspora
  • World
  • Lifestyle
  • Travel
  • Culture
  • Sports
  • Cooking
Wednesday
07
Jan 2026
weather symbol
Athens 18°C
  • Home
  • Politics
  • Economy
  • World
  • Diaspora
  • Lifestyle
  • Travel
  • Culture
  • Sports
  • Mediterranean Cooking
  • Weather
Contact follow Protothema:
Powered by Cloudevo
> World

Police detain suspect over killing of Bulgarian journalist

Viktoria Marinova was raped and killed

Newsroom October 9 01:30

Bulgarian police have detained a suspect in connection with the killing of investigative journalist Viktoria Marinova, whose body was found in a park in her hometown of Ruse four days ago, a government source familiar with the investigation told Reuters on Tuesday.

“We can say there is a suspect detained,” the source said, declining to elaborate.

An Interior Ministry spokeswoman declined to confirm or deny the information and said the ministry might issue a statement later on Tuesday.

Ask me anything

Explore related questions

#arrest#Bulgaria#murder#police#suspect
> More World

Follow en.protothema.gr on Google News and be the first to know all the news

See all the latest News from Greece and the World, the moment they happen, at en.protothema.gr

> Latest Stories

Syria: The army began shelling the Kurdish districts of Aleppo

January 7, 2026

Electricity restored after five days in southwest Berlin after far-left terrorists’ sabotage

January 7, 2026

Dr. House becomes…an archaeologist at Greek excavations: New series with Hugh Laurie and filming in Greece

January 7, 2026

WSJ: How US Navy Growlers paralyzed Venezuela’s air defense and paved the way for Maduro’s arrest

January 7, 2026

The perpetrator of the Brown University attack confessed on video before killing himself: “I’m an animal, but so is Trump”

January 7, 2026

Stabilisation, recovery & transition: The three stages of the US plan for Venezuela

January 7, 2026

Weather – Meteo: Where showers and thunderstorms are expected in the coming hours, see maps

January 7, 2026

Registrations open for 2026 Greek Community Cup Women’s Tournament

January 7, 2026
All News

> Greece

Weather – Meteo: Where showers and thunderstorms are expected in the coming hours, see maps

Until noon on Thursday the bad weather will continue - In which areas will be intense phenomena

January 7, 2026

No sailing tomorrow for the routes from Rafina to Tinos due to bad weather

January 7, 2026

Hellenic Police investigate video showing officer Elena Bobou firing indiscriminately at a celebration

January 7, 2026

Supreme court orders Prosecutors to act on farmers’ road blockades, investigating offenses like traffic obstruction

January 7, 2026

Protothema on the abandoned children at Agia Sofia Children’s Hospital: The story of the boy who was removed from his home after a brutal beating

January 7, 2026
Homepage
PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION POLICY COOKIES POLICY TERM OF USE
Powered by Cloudevo
Copyright © 2026 Πρώτο Θέμα