Deputy Chief Prosecutor Boyko Naydenov has confirmed that the so called “Killers” gang did indeed plot the assassination of Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov.

“There is no denying of this fact. We have information that part of the members of the organized crime group agreed to carry out this murder,” Naydenov said speaking on the Bulgarian National Television Thursday morning.

He did not provide details about who might have ordered Borisov's assassination.

Naydenov was devastatingly critical of the Sofia Appellate Court for its Tuesday's decision to release on bail four of the five men detained last week in the operation codenamed “Killers”, including the President of the Bulgarian Sumo Federation Petar Stoyanov, aka The Chieftain.

The gang was detained after they carried out the murder of controversial football club president Yuriy Galev in June, and are also believed to have been connected to several other assassinations.

He believes this will have a negative effect on the persons who had agreed to testify against the alleged assassins.

“I am not even going to talk about the fact that we will hardly be able to find other people who would agree to tell the truth from after this release. But there is also the matter of preserving the lives of those who already did tell the truth in their testimonies,” said the prosecutor.

In his words, the permanent detention of the alleged killers was necessary in order to provide for a fast and objective investigation.

“We just wanted to limit their movement and contacts while the investigation is still going on. This did not happen. The courts decide who is guilty but our job in the Prosecutor's Office is to collect evidence. We must continue working on this case now under other conditions,” Naydenov declared.

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