BG incident archive
Source-backed homicide and attempted homicide records documented in BG. This page summarizes the archive's documented floor for the country; it is not an official total or a representative sample.
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- Documented records
- 3
- Cities represented
- 3
- Latest incident date
- 9 August 2026
- Latest review
- 15 August 2026
Documented floor by year
| Year | Documented here | Official reference |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 records | — |
No Eurostat reference series is currently loaded for BG.
Current judicial status
- 1Alleged
- 2Charged
Latest judicial-status entries
- Kosharitsa, BG
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- Plovdiv, BG
Charged on · incident date
- Zhelyazno, BG
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Latest documented records
- Homicide in kosharitsa, BG
· Alleged · 1 source
A man was killed in the early hours of 9 August 2026 in a private dwelling in the Sun House complex, in the Cholakova Cheshma locality near the village of Kosharitsa, in Nesebar municipality on Bulgaria's Black Sea coast. The victim was a Ukrainian national living in Bulgaria with refugee status. He died at around 3:00 a.m. from a throat wound that caused massive blood loss, and medical staff confirmed his death at the scene. Police reported that the killing followed a bout of drinking and a quarrel between two Ukrainian men. The victim's body was found by a third Ukrainian resident of the dwelling, who had been in the bathroom while the attack took place. The suspect, a Ukrainian citizen living in Sofia, was detained by Burgas regional police near Kableshkovo as he drove away in a car registered in Sofia. An autopsy was ordered at the forensic medicine department of the Burgas University Hospital.
- Homicide in plovdiv, BG
· Charged · 4 sources
A 37-year-old man died on 4 August 2026 after being found with visible signs of violence at the foot of Youth Hill (Mladezhki halm) in Plovdiv. The emergency call was made to 112 at around 17:20 that day, and he died several hours later in hospital. The Plovdiv District Prosecutor's Office is investigating the death as an intentional homicide, and forensic specialists are carrying out active work to establish the facts. On 6 August 2026 it was reported that five juveniles — three girls and two boys — had been charged with intentional murder committed in a particularly torturous manner, with special cruelty, and on hooliganism and sexual motives. According to police, the victim had been contacted online by a 17-year-old girl who told him she was 15 and arranged a meeting; when he arrived at Youth Hill he was met instead by a group of around ten young people. A post-mortem examination found lacerations to the lungs and kidneys and a traumatic brain injury. On 13 August 2026 the appellate court upheld the first-instance ruling keeping all five detained teenagers in custody. The victim was buried the following day in Krichim, his home town, where the funeral service was led by the Metropolitan of Plovdiv and the municipality said residents were calling for tougher sentences for serious crimes committed by minors.
- Homicide in zhelyazno, BG
· Charged · 1 source
A two-month-old boy died in the village of Zhelyazno, in Plovdiv Province, with his death reported to the authorities on 26 February 2026. His father, a 28-year-old man from the same village, was charged with the intentional murder of the infant, who was described in the indictment as having been in a helpless state. The defendant appeared before the Plovdiv Regional Court on 29 July 2026 for a preparatory hearing. He entered the courtroom with his head bowed and said nothing as he was escorted by guards. The hearing was adjourned to 9 September 2026 because some of the injured parties had not been summoned.