The interior minister, Rumen Petkov, has just been forced to resign, after the 120th in a string of unsolved contract killings; he has admitted being in contact with suspected crime bosses.

在该国第120起尚未侦破的连环雇佣杀人案发生后，曾承认与涉嫌犯罪团伙首脑有过接触的内政部长Rumen Petkov刚刚被迫辞职。

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Venelin Petkov, a reporter for bTV in Bulgaria, said that three of the wounded were in critical condition.

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This March it was the turn of the Bulgarian interior minister, Rumen Petkov, to lose his job, this time under heavy pressure from Brussels.

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So did the interior minister, Rumen Petkov, after reports that a drug gang had obtained secret internal documents from his ministry, and that illegal booze producers had traded money for favours from a senior crime-fighter.

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