Former Cop Charged With Killing, Dismembering Young Man in Plovdiv

The Plovdiv District Court has ordered former police officer Todor Lapkov to remain in custody over the alleged killing of a 21-year-old man in the town of Saedinenie. Prosecutors accuse Lapkov of shooting the young man with an illegally held hunting rifle before dismembering his body and concealing it in sacks near his farm. Lapkov himself requested to remain in detention, telling the court that…