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Kalushev's friend: When I met Ivo, there were two children in the hut

One of them presented himself as his son, said the person who introduced himself to bTV as Vesselin

Feb 7, 2026 20:12 38

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A friend of Ivaylo Kalushev, who is wanted after the triple murder in "Petrohan", told bTV that when he met him, there were two children in the hut. One of them Kalushev presented himself as his son.

Veselin visited the hut a year and a half ago. He claims that he saw a boy presented himself as the son of Ivaylo Kalushev, as well as another child.

"And I went to them and met Ivo Kalushev, Ivaylo Ivanov and a boy Nikolay, the son of Ivo Kalushev. Incidentally, I had never seen a more well-behaved child than the son of Ivo Kalushev. And that made a very good impression on me. Well, this is one of Ivan Kalushev's children, at the time I thought it was another child, but he was, for example, 10-11", says Veselin.

Psychologist Associate Professor Nedelcho Stoychev described the crime as unplanned. And for the parents who left the children in Ivaylo Kalushev's care, as "irradiated".

"In this case, we say Ivaylo Kalushev is a very good and honest person and we have no problem giving our children to his care, because otherwise these parents have no chance of being in agreement with themselves. How else can we accept that a father and mother, as there is evidence, give their children there, do not see them for months, do not have any signals from them. This is simply paradoxical behavior, which is not normal", commented Assoc. Prof. Nedelcho Stoychev.

According to Kalushev's friend Veselin - there were no weapons in the hut, contrary to the claims of the law enforcement agencies.

"There is no way in Bulgaria for an individual to acquire automatic weapons. All hunting weapons that are acquired are semi-automatic. Both for hunting and for self-defense, in no other case. Even where they are acquired for sporting purposes", commented Ventsislav Rangelov - former head of the KOS at the SDVR.

The work of the investigators on the case continues.