"On February 1, 2026, a man associated with Ivaylo Kalushev received a message from him: 'Goodbye, friend, we are very tired and have no more strength.' The next day, police found the bodies of three middle-aged men at Kalushev's burnt lodge in western Bulgaria."
"Kalushev wasn't among them, but all three were members of his nonprofit forest patrol group, the National Protected Areas Control Agency. The decedents had gunshot wounds to the head, there was no sign of a struggle, and DNA on the weapons used belonged to the victims."
"Several theories have formed about what happened and why, but the linked suicide/homicide incidents loosely resemble what happened in the Order of the Solar Temple in 1994."
A series of deaths in Bulgaria, including a suspected suicide pact among members of a nonprofit group, raises questions about motives and prevention. The incident involved three men found dead with gunshot wounds, and evidence suggests a connection to their leader, Ivaylo Kalushev, who later died by suicide. Allegations of sexual abuse and exploitation within the group have emerged. The situation resembles past cult-related incidents, indicating a need for different approaches to understanding and preventing such tragedies.
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