Sofia District Prosecutor's Office prosecuted journalist Dimitar Stoyanov for hooliganism and threatening to kill with a combat pistol, BNT reported .
Earlier yesterday, it became clear that the court confirmed as legal the warrant for the arrest of Stoyanov, who was detained after an altercation with another man, who later turned out to be an employee of the NRA.
The court decided that Stoyanov should be released from custody. The prosecution's accusation comes at a later stage.
"After a report was filed about a conflict between two persons, a pre-trial proceeding was initiated as a matter of urgency in Peto RU - Sofia. In the course of it, it was established that on 22/04/2024, around 6:00 p.m., on “Vasil Petleshkov” in the capital, the accused D.S. threatened to kill PL by pointing a combat pistol at his head. The threat aroused reasonable fear in the man.
It has been established that the actions of D.S. are obscene, grossly violating public order and expressing clear disrespect for society, as, in addition to pulling out a combat pistol in a public place, he also inflicted numerous blows with his feet and hands on the head and body of P.L. The accused also made numerous insulting remarks about the man, threatening to “break his head in,", according to the announcement of the prosecutor's office.
Up to now, during the course of the investigation, witnesses have been questioned, Dimitar Stoyanov's home was also searched, during which two combat pistols and a carbine were found and seized. A supervising prosecutor has given instructions for the preparation of three expertises - video-technical, ballistic and forensic-medical.