A Bulgarian television journalist has been murdered in the northern town of Ruse, The Guardian reports.
The body of 30-year-old Viktoria Marinova, identified by authorities only by her initials, was found in a park on Saturday, Ruse’s regional prosecutor Georgy Georgiev said. Her death was caused by blows to the head and suffocation, and her mobile phone, car keys, glasses and some of her clothing were missing, he said.
Georgiev also said prosecutors were looking into all leads, although police said the crime did not immediately appear linked to Marinova’s work.
Local media reported that Marinova was an administrative director of Ruse’s TVN television and had just started her own news talk show called Detector.
A journalist is killed on average every week around the world, according to figures compiled by Reporters Without Borders (RSF).