Four killed in Constania; Victim killed wanted for murder in Bulgaria

Four people aged between 40 and 50, believed to be of Bulgarian descent, were murdered, in Constantia, on Thursday morning.

The police’s Andrè Traut said the bodies of two females and two males were discovered with gunshot wounds.

‘’Police were summoned [at around 08:20] to the crime scene after the discovery was made. The motive for the multiple murders is yet to be determined, with detectives hard at work in search of clues. Serious and Violent Crime detectives have initiated an investigation into the murders,’’ said Colonel Andrè Traut.

The Western Cape’s Police Oversight & Community Safety MEC, Reagen Allen, condemned the incident.

‘’It is disheartening to hear of the incident… I urge the public to assist all Law Enforcement agencies that make any information they might have, available. The crime stats of the third quarter of 2022, shows there was one incident where four people were killed.’’

‘’I will engage the SAPS provincial commission, Lt. Gen. Thembisile Patekile, to keep me updated on how the investigation is progressing. Those who committed this horrific crime must immediately be found and convicted. We have to stop all forms of killing,’’ he added.

According to Bulgarian media, one of the Constantia mass shooting victims was wanted in Bulgaria for various offences, including murder.

Local media in the European country, said an Interpol Red Notice was issued for the man, identified as Krasimir Kamenov, at the end of April.

 PICTURE - Interpol: Krasimir Kamenov

It is believed that those killed in Constantia was Kamenov, his wife, child and their babysitter.

Kamenov was accused in absentia by the Sofia City Prosecutor's Office in Bulgaria, as the murder of Lyubomir Ivanov, a former employee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, who was shot in Sofia at the beginning of 2022.

 

Done By: Mitchum George