Four boys, aged between 10 and 17, beat a man to death in the village of Gumzovo

Four boys aged between 10 and 17 beat to death a 59-year-old man in the village of Gumzovo, Vidin district, North-Western Bulgaria, the press centre of the Ministry of Interior reported on January 3, 2023.

Yesterday, at 14.15, two residents of Gumzovo reported to the police about a beating - late in the evening of January 1, of their neighbour. On January 2 around noon, they saw the man lying in the yard in front of their house. Police officers who arrived at the address in the village found the lifeless body of the 59-year-old man with visible signs of violence.

A task force and an investigator, in the presence of a forensic doctor, carried out an inspection of the scene. The body was transported for autopsy to the hospital in Vidin.

In the course of the immediate search actions, the investigators identified four boys from the village as accomplices to the serious criminal offence. Three minors - 15, 16 and 17 years old - were detained for up to 24 hours. A minor, a 10-year-old, was granted police protection under Ordinance I-51.

An investigation case was opened in the case by the District Investigation Department of the Vidin District Prosecutor's Office.