Suspect for the murder of journalist Marinova will be returned to Bulgaria today

Severin Krassimirov, the suspect for the murder of journalist Viktoria Marinova is expected to be returned to Bulgaria on a regular flight from Frankfurt on 17^th of October.

The aircraft with which Severin Krassimirov will be brought to Bulgaria is expected to land 18.25 this evening. He will then be taken to Rousse, where charges will be pressed against him for rape and deliberate murder in a particularly cruel way.

Material for DNA analysis will be taken from Krassimirov, which will be compared to the samples taken from the crime scene and from the house that the man inhabited in Rousse.

Germany extradited Severin Krassimirov after a written assurance from the Bulgarian authorities that he will be provided with all conditions in the detention facility, which meet the European standards.