The Haskovo Regional Court has set a new open hearing for 12 November 2026 at 3pm on a request by two men charged with murder in the village of Stransko. They want their pretrial detention changed, the court said. The reason is that the forensic medical examination the court ordered has not yet produced a report.

On 2 November the court rejected their request and put the case off until 10 November at 4.30pm.

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The accused are P.D.P., 53, and D.P.D., 29, both Bulgarian citizens. They are charged with the intentional murder of A.A.A., 42, a former Yambol resident, on 15 September in Stransko, Dimitrovgrad municipality. According to the charge, the two shot at the man with a UMAREX pistol, calibre 50, and hit his body with hard objects.

The charging order names them as joint perpetrators who acted together and in complicity with D.P.D., 29, also a Bulgarian citizen. The charge falls under Article 115 in conjunction with Article 20(2) of the Criminal Code. Both men have been in custody since an order dated 17 September.