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A recidivist with 14 convictions has been detained as an accused for the murder of a 53-year-old man in the village of Chokmanovo, announced at a joint press conference of the District Prosecutor's Office and the Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Smolyan.

The murder was committed after the use of a large amount of alcohol, according to information from the district prosecutor Nedko Simov and senior commissioner Kostadin Pachedzhiev, director of the Directorate of Internal Affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, BTA reported.  

The bloody scene in the Rhodope village took place after the victim and the killer had been drinking together for nearly 8 hours. 

Slavi K., brought in as a defendant, has been detained for 72 hours by a prosecutor's decree, and the District Prosecutor's Office is yet to file a request for permanent arrest in court, Simov specified.

The detainee has been convicted 14 times for theft and robbery, and the murdered Manol R. also has a criminal record, having been convicted twice.

The two are unemployed, they knew each other.

Murder of a man in Smolyansko

The murder took place in the house of a third person from the company, who was also detained for 24 hours.

The main version of the investigation is that the intentional murder was committed by only one person, but they are also working on the hypothesis of a possible accomplice, the prosecutor's office pointed out.

Manol died after multiple blows to the body.

The appointment of forensic medical, dactyloscopic, chemical and other expertise is pending.

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