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In connection with the divergent statements in the public space regarding the pre-trial investigation conducted for a crime under Art.

108a, para.

1 of the Criminal Code on the occasion of an explosion on 01.05.2023 in the area of ​​Yarema, Sofia Region, the Sofia City Prosecutor's Office provides the following information: The



management and supervision of the investigation is carried out by a team of three prosecutors, who are determined on the principle of random selection in accordance with Art.

9, para.

1 of the Law on Judicial Power.



The investigation into the case is being carried out and will continue to be carried out objectively, comprehensively and completely, in accordance with all the requirements of the law.



The supervising prosecutors did not order the performance of procedural and investigative actions with the participation of an expert, outside the list of experts of the competent court and which does not meet the requirements of Ordinance No. H-1 of 14.02.2023 on the registration, qualification and remuneration of the experts.



The supervising prosecutors did not allow persons who did not have the right to be there to the scene of the accident.



Given the multiple interpretations of the case in the public space and the creation of obstacles to the disclosure of the objective truth, on 11.05.2023 the supervising prosecutors issued a decree indicating compliance with the norm of Art.

198 of the Criminal Procedure Code with a view to non-disclosure without the permission of a supervising prosecutor of materials from the ongoing investigation.

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The SGP expresses disagreement with all the comments and interpretations made so far, since the pre-trial proceedings are at an initial stage and not all the evidence has been collected and checked, on the basis of which a definite conclusion can be reached regarding what happened on 01.05.2023.