Bulgaria: Investigative journalist raped and murdered in Ruse city

Bulgarian authorities have launched a probe into rape and murder of an investigative journalist in city of Ruse, third journalist to have been killed in European Union this year. Authorities discovered body of 30-year-old Viktoria Mariva in town of Ruse, rrn Bulgaria, on Saturday. Police said she h been brutally beaten, raped and strangled. Her body was found in a park near river.

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Interior Minister: Evidence

Interior Minister Mlen Mariv said Monday re was evidence to suggest killing was linked to Mariva's work. "It is about rape and murder," he said, country`s top murder investigators h been sent to Ruse to work on case he ded. Ruse Regional Prosecutor Georgi Georgiev told state media that Mariva`s mobile phone, car keys, glasses and part of her clothing were missing when her body was found.

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About Journalist

Mariva was a director of a small local TV station and presenter of two investigative programs and She also worked on a programme focusing on social issues and was involved with charity work.

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