Police Detain Romanian Citizen Over Murder of Bulgarian TV Presenter

Flowers and candles are placed in memory of Bulgarian TV journalist Viktoria Marinova in Ruse, Bulgaria, on Oct. 9, 2018. Stoyan Nenov/Reuters
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RUSE, Bulgaria—Bulgarian police have detained a Romanian citizen of Ukrainian origin for 24 hours and were checking his alibi as they investigated the rape and murder of TV anchor Viktoria Marinova, whose body was found in a park in her Danube hometown of Ruse.

“We have in custody a person whose alibi we are checking, but for the time being we do not have a concrete suspect. Work with him is continuing,” the head of Danube regional police in Ruse, Teodor Atanasov, told reporters.