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Criminalist Ivan Savov on the "Petrohan" case: Why does the NGO have an agreement with the ministry? And why did the National Security Agency go there?

"What impresses me is that we have a hut that is in a difficult-to-reach place, far from populated areas. A hut in which people live and engage in some activity, which, however, seems to have not been clarified," Emanuil Yordanov also pointed out

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Many versions, contradictions and ambiguities surrounding the case of the three men found dead in the area of the former "Petrohan" hut.

One of the versions is that they acted as a sect. Others - that it is a mafia murder, ritual suicide, a Mexican trail, an eco-connection, a pedophile network, revenge. Several more people are being sought.

The investigation into the serious criminal offense continues.

“It is very difficult to draw any definitive conclusions at this early stage of the investigation. Moreover, it is not clear to the general public what facts have been established. It is normal in such situations to spread rumors, which in many cases have nothing to do with reality“. This was commented on “This Morning“ by Emanuil Yordanov, former Minister of Interior.

“What strikes me is that we have a hut that is in a difficult-to-reach place, far from populated areas. A hut in which people live and engage in some activity, which, however, seems to have not been clarified“, he pointed out.
According to him, it should be checked what information they have in the relevant regional department of the Ministry of Interior – for the people and the way the hut is exploited.

„If something is red, it is most likely red. If something looks green, it is probably green. Indeed, at the moment we can only make some guesses and speculate on the subject, because the information that is indisputable is little. This is understandable, because an investigation is underway and the investigating authorities should not tell everything to the media and the public“, commented the criminalist Ivan Savov.

„But for me there are some facts that are extremely important. First of all, this is a hut, which, although it is far from the capital, is a strategic place. On the other side of the road passes a dirt road that reaches the Serbian border, which enters Serbia and continues in Serbia. Last night I took the trouble and looked at these things on Google Earth. Such people, who stand there and create some kind of control zone, can easily control any traffic they want, provide cover, including with technical means - and as you understood, there are even thermal imaging cameras, which is a very high level of equipment“, the specialist explained.

According to him, absolutely any kind of traffic was possible there - starting from construction materials, weapons and ending with people. And another question is where the funding for the NGO, which has called itself a national agency, comes from.
“Which national agency - 22 days after it is created, after it enters into legal peace, begins to exist, concludes an agreement with an entire ministry, whose former minister, who was a minister at the time, practically protects them. Apparently he knows something too“, commented Ivan Savov. It is about the Ministry of Environment and Waters and Minister Borislav Sandov.

„And why did SANS go there? They are not in the habit of doing such things“, he asked.

Emanuil Yordanov pointed out that he saw no reason for SANS officers to be there at that moment and that the police there should rather do their job.

„We understood that numerous weapons were found in the hut, which are legal. These weapons should be registered with the local district administration. At least one district inspector, who should be in charge of this place, should certainly have gone over all these four years to see what these people are like, talk to them, what they do, and so on“,” pointed out Ivan Savov.

“Looking at what they have, looking at their clothing, looking at their manner of behavior, looking at their logo, I have to tell you that this is not exactly an ecological organization. I would even say that it would be anything else, but it is not“, he also noted.

According to him, it is not a sect, but they talk about it being one in order to shift the focus.

“I am sure that the police already know whether it is a definite murder or a ritual suicide and other such speculations. I am sure that the police know which of the murdered people was killed and in what situation. I am sure that the police already know the weapons that were found outside next to the bodies of the murdered people, whether they were the weapons used to kill them or not. I am sure that the police know a lot of details and are working on it", commented Ivan Savov.

"My suspicion and fear is that there was some kind of cell there. These people were an organization, they were carrying out some kind of activity. This activity was either under the law or was somehow controlled by the services, but at some point something most likely went wrong", he noted, emphasizing that he was expressing speculation, but it was important to understand what it was.

"It could be both a threat to national security and some kind of appendage to this entire system. And we can look at things from the opposite pole", Savov added.