In September 2009 he started publishing a series on article on the tabloid Weekend about local crime figures.
Two other men were wounded:[10][11] they were his bodyguards according to Dnevnik[6] while according to the police they were clients of the same law firm that Tsankov had previously visited.
[8] Director-General of UNESCO Irina Bokova[12] and Nina Ognianova of the Committee to Protect Journalists condemned the killing.
[13] Mark Gray, a spokesperson for the European Commission, and EurActiv noted that shootings were a serious problem in Bulgaria.
[4] Krasimir Marinov, a suspected crime boss, was arrested and charged with incitement to murder,[14] but was later freed.