I didn't kidnap her. These were the first words of Asen Simeonov – the man who has been hiding from the police for 23 days together with 11-year-old Natalia after he was captured.
This morning the man was escorted with reinforced police security from Shumen to the Fourth Police Station – Varna. He was captured late last night in the Shumen village of Ovcharovo.
Simeonov kidnapped the 11-year-old girl after a quarrel with her mother on the night of June 30 to July 1, and since then the Ministry of Internal Affairs has been searching for them.