Bobi Zankow

Bobi Tsankov (; 12 August 1979 – 5 January 2010) was a Bulgarian journalist, crime writer and radio personality, who was killed in Sofia for unclear reasons.

Biography Boris "Bobi" Tsankov was born in Sofia on 12 August 1979. A controversial figure, in 2003 he was arrested and in 2006 he was convicted for fraud. He has been a host for Viva Radio. In September 2009 he started publishing a series on article on the tabloid Weekend about local crime figures.

In November 2009 he published Secrets of the Mobsters, described as an autobiographical thriller,

Murder of Tsankov In 2004 a bomb exploded in front of Tsankov's home. On 5 January 2010, he was shot dead in central Sofia in broad daylight by two gunmen. He was 30 years old. Two other men were wounded: they were his bodyguards according to Dnevnik and Nina Ognianova of the Committee to Protect Journalists condemned the killing. Mark Gray, a spokesperson for the European Commission, and EurActiv noted that shootings were a serious problem in Bulgaria. but was later freed. Authorities were seeking also his brother Nikolai Marinov. The motives of his murder remain unclear: it has been argued that it could have been related to his writings or to his frauds.