A journalist who reported on alleged fraud involving the misuse of European Union funds has been found slain in northeastern Bulgaria, authorities said on Oct. 7.
Viktoria Marinova, 30, was discovered in a park in Ruse, a town near the River Danube, on Oct. 6. She had suffered blows to the head and was suffocated, Ruse regional prosecutor Georgy Georgiev said. Prosecutors confirmed she had also been raped and her personal items had been stolen.
