Today, a day of mourning has been announced in Straldzha in memory of the young policeman who tragically died when a drunk driver hit him with his car during a check.

Gennady Troev, who has been a policeman for 5 years, was checking a report about illegal migrants.

The perpetrator was arrested, and the presence of alcohol in his blood was 1.2 per mille.

Charges were brought against the driver who killed a police officer from Straldzha

The funeral of a 31-year-old police officer will take place today at the city's central cemetery.

All festive events in the municipality have been cancelled.

This is the second such tragic case in the last 2 months, after a bus with migrants swept over a patrol car and killed two police officers while trying to stop it in Burgas.

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