Grandson of Kiril Rashkov turned himself in to the police

Grandson of notorious Bulgarian Roma boss Tsar Kiro – Kiril Rashkov Jr. , who became the subject of a nationwide search for issuing death threats, turned himself in to the police, novinite.com reports.

Earlier Monday, Asenovgrad Regional Prosecutor's Office opened pre-trial proceedings against Tsar Kiro's grandson over the threats he is said to have issued on September 23, the day when 19-year-old Angel Petrov got run over by a minibus driven by an alleged associate of the controversial Roma clan leader.

Dimitrov specified that the threats had been voiced prior to Angel Petrov's death, the source writes.

A nationwide warrant was issued for Kiril Rashkov Jr. on Sunday after Veselin Hristov, Angel Petrov's maternal uncle, filed a complaint about the murder threats.

On the fatal night of the murder, September 23, Hristov made two calls to the 112 emergency hotline – the first one was to report the threats; the second – that there were clashes in front of Rashkov's mansion in Katunitsa, which became a crime scene minutes later when Petrov got run over, the site informs.

The September 23 incident in the southern Bulgarian village of Katunitsa triggered waves of protests across the country which resulted in over 350 arrests.

Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov called an emergency meeting of the Consultative National Security Council, KSNS, on Saturday over escalating ethnic tensions in the country.