Under the leadership of the Sofia District Prosecutor's Office, an attempted murder of a police officer from the Directorate of the Criminal Investigation Department and his father in the village of Lyulin in Pernik is being investigated.
The name of the prosecutor's son from Pernik Vasil Mihaylov was implicated in the case, although Interior Minister Emil Dechev denied allegations that he tried to set fire to the house of a police officer investigating him.
„There was no action by the Directorate of the Criminal Investigation Department to detain Mihaylov. It is assumed that he, together with two other people, using batons and wearing masks, went to a village near Pernik - to the house of his colleague from the Directorate of the Criminal Investigation Department, who was a criminalist in the city. This probably provoked aggression from the prosecutor's son towards him. Mihaylov and the others with him tried to attack our colleague with clubs, but he and his father used firearms - he shot in the air“, Dechev told NOVA a few days ago. Subsequently, the attackers fled and abandoned their car on a difficult road.
The pre-trial proceedings were assigned to the Sofia District Prosecutor's Office upon a proposal from the District Prosecutor's Office – Pernik, sent to Acting Prosecutor General Borislav Sarafov, in order to guarantee an objective, comprehensive and impartial investigation.
Investigative actions in the case were immediately initiated.
A 22-year-old man has been brought as a defendant, who has been brought under criminal liability for attempted murder of more than one person – a police officer from the Directorate General “Fighting Organized Crime“ and his father, committed in complicity with an unidentified person.
According to the investigation, on the evening of March 25, 2026, the accused and his accomplice arrived in the village by car from Pernik and toured the area around the police officer's home. Shortly before 11:00 p.m. they stopped the car and headed for the house.
The police officer, who recognized the car in connection with his official duties, went out in front of his home together with his father, both of whom were armed with legally owned weapons. Two masked and armed individuals got out of the car and headed towards them.
After the attackers did not obey an order to stop, warning shots were fired in the air and at the ground. As a result, the attackers withdrew, got into the car and left the scene. The car was later found abandoned in the cemetery park area.
The accused was detained for up to 72 hours by a prosecutor's order. The District Court - Pernik is due to consider a request for imposing a preventive measure of "detention in custody". The investigation continues, with actions being taken to identify and detain the second participant in the crime.