Sofia Court Postpones Bulgarian Mobster Murder Case

Crime | April 13, 2006, Thursday // 00:00
Sofia Court Postpones Bulgarian Mobster Murder Case Sofia City Court postponedfor June the case for the murder of alleged mobster Milcho Bonev, dubbed Baj Mile killed in 2004. Photo by Yuliana Nikolova (Sofia News Agency)

Sofia City Court postponed for June the case for the murder of alleged mobster Milcho Bonev, dubbed Baj Mile, who was killed in 2004.

Bonev, one of the founders of Bulgaria's obsolete ex-grouping SIC, and his bodyguards were executed July 30, 2004 in broad daylight in Slavia restaurant-garden in Sofia's Ovcha Kupel district .

The court ruled that some of the witnesses in the case have been wrongfully asked to testify, as they are relatives of the victims. The case was closed for journalists as classified information was used in the investigation.

Tihomir Dochev, Stilian Georgiev, Georgi Stefanov, and Anatolii Munkov, aka the Rat were arrested on charges of involvement in the gang-style shooting of Bonev and five of his bodyguards. They were also charged with attempts on Alexander Ananiev's and Emil Stoilov's life.

Baj Mile was believed to be an important link in the drug trafficking and distributing network on the Balkans, investigated by Bulgarian and Serbian special services.

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