"Serial Killer" Captured in Northern Bulgarian Town

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Send to Kindle Suspected serial killer Yulian A., aged 21, is being arrested in Pleven by specially trained for the operation policemen. Photo by bulphoto.com Suspected serial killer Yulian A., aged 21, is being arrested in Pleven by specially trained for the operation policemen. Photo by bulphoto.com

A specially formed group of the Bulgarian Interior Ministry captured Sunday a suspected serial killer in the northern town of Pleven, at some 180 kilometers from capital Sofia.



Yulian A., aged 21, is believed to have murdered two people over the last week, in a strikingly brutal way. Both victims, a woman and a young taxi driver, were stabbed with a knife dozens of times.



If we hadn't arrested the suspect, he would have committed more murders, Interior Ministry Chief Secretary Gen. Boyko Borisov told Sofia-based Info radio. He, however, could not name the motives behind the crimes.



"It's hard to find a reasonable explanation for such atrocity," Borissov said.



The general explained that the suspect was almost two meters tall, and very strong physically.



On Saturday, some 200 colleagues of the murdered taxi driver flocked on the streets of Pleven with their cabs, to bid their farewell to the man, and protest against the assault. Rumors about a serial killer were going around the town, but authorities denied those speculations at first.

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