Billionaire Slain After Assassination Testimony
A Bulgarian billionaire was shot dead in the capital, Sofia, a day after he testified in the trial of five men charged with the 1996 assassination of former Prime Minister Andrei Lukanov, local media said.
Iliya Pavlov, head of the industrial holding company MG Corp., was believed to be one of the 10 richest men in Eastern Europe.
Bulgarian television said a sniper hiding in bushes shot at Pavlov, who was escorted by four bodyguards.
Pavlov told a court the day before that he became acquainted with Lukanov through their involvement in a gas company called Topenergy.
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