The murder at the border has triggered an avalanche of versions, analyses, comments, accusations and shifting of responsibility. The caretaker government has been bearing its responsibility for inherited crises, Prime Minister Galab Donev said before the cabinet meeting.

"The political statements regarding the incident at the border are disturbing with the forgetfulness shown. Every inaccurate word against the border is a shot against Bulgaria's authority," Donev also said and called on the parties to focus on their main task in the parliament and form a regular government.

The ministers honored the memory of the officer killed at the border with a minute of silence.