Bulgarians Killed in Portugal Victims of Robbery

Crime | December 20, 2010, Monday // 16:10
Bulgaria: Bulgarians Killed in Portugal Victims of Robbery Portuguese police probe in the murder of three Bulgarians has been impeded by lasting rains. Photo by Diari de Noticias

The three Bulgarian citizens, whose bodies were discovered in Portugal on Saturday, have been the victims of burglars, according to Portuguese police authorities.

S.V. - a 50-year-old woman, and two men – V.St, 55, and Y.S., 39, were found near the city of Aljustrel by a local farmer early Saturday in a minivan, parked about 700 meters from a highway. The three Bulgarian nationals have lived in that area and have had a legal business as non-ferrous metal retailers. Reportedly, none of them has had a criminal record.

The perpetrators of the triple murder have allegedly proposed a trap deal to the Bulgarians, offering to cell them aluminum in exchange for EUR 10 000, and subsequently robbing and killing them with hunting riffles upon reaching the quiet place.

On Saturday, a Portuguese paper cited a police official saying the triple-homicide could be related to mafia, dealing with human trafficking from Eastern Europe.

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