Assassination Attempt on Bulgarian Politician

[tk13]

And now, your holy bleep video of the day.

A man put a gun to the head of the leader of Bulgaria's ethnic Turkish party during a televised conference.

Ahmed Dogan, leader of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) was unharmed and the unidentified man was wrestled to the ground by security guards.

The incident happened on Saturday at a party congress in the capital Sofia.

Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov said the attacker tried to fire two shots but "most likely the gun misfired".

He also said the assailant had a criminal record for drugs possession, robberies and hooliganism.

Police arrested the attacker, a 25-year-old from the Black Sea town of Burgas, who was also carrying two knives.

The liberal MRF party represents ethnic Turks and other Muslims, who make up about 12% of Bulgaria's population of about seven million.

Mr Dogan, 58, has lead the party for almost 25 years. He returned to the party conference a few hours after the attack and was given a standing ovation.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-21103987

[Fairplay]

Wow wild stuff.

I do love the Texas justice the last half of the video.

[LiveSteam]

Could someone translate please

[Saulbadguy]

Kind of a lackluster attempt.

[the Talking Can]

he got catfished on those bullets

[mlyonsd]

LOL @ the old guy in the brown coat at the end. One last stomp.

[Detoxing]

Not sure if it's an epic win or an epic fail

[Halfcan]

wow?

[houstonwhodat]

Take the safety off dumbass.

[ThaVirus]

I'd have judo chopped him in his neck.

BOOM. Dead assassin.

[KChiefer]

Bulgarian police detained a man after he pointed a gas pistol at an ethnic Turkish party leader as he was delivering a speech at a party caucus in the capital Saturday. No shots were fired.

The video from the Saturday event in Sofia shows the man climbing the podium where Ahmed Dogan, the leader of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms, was speaking, and pointing the gun to his face.

Dogan struck the man just after he appeared to have pulled the trigger. Other delegates wrestled the assailant to the ground. TV footage showed several people punching, kicking and stomping on the man when he was on the ground.

Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov said the attacker tried to fire two shots but "most likely the gun misfired."

Police arrested him and took him to a hospital. It wasn't immediately clear if he sustained serious injuries, or how he got past security to enter the hall with nearly 3,000 people attending.

Eventually, the attacker was identified by police as 25-year-old Oktai Enimehmedov, a Bulgarian national and ethnic Turk, from the coastal city of Burgas. He was carrying the gas pistol and two knives. A gas pistol is a non-lethal weapon used for self-defence, but experts say when fired from close range it can cause life-threatening injuries.

Interior Minister Tsvevtan Tsvetanov told journalists that the assailant had a criminal record for drugs possession, robberies and hooliganism.

The liberal MRF party mainly represents ethnic Turks and other Muslims in Bulgaria, who make up 12 per cent of its 7.3-million population.

The conference had to elect a new leader to succeed Dogan, who is one of the Balkan country's most influential political figures. The 58-year-old has been at the helm of the party since founding it in 1990.

Lyutvi Mestan, who was expected to become the new party leader, said "the true reason for the assault was the language of hatred and confrontation."

Saturday's assault was the gravest attack on a politician in post-communist Bulgaria after the 1996 killing of ex-prime Minister Andrei Lukanov.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2...sh-leader.html

[KChiefer]

Gas pistol? Never heard of it. Wiki says they're nonlethal. Safe to say we can trust wiki on this one.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_pistol

[chefsos]

Now I want to get arrested for hooliganism. How do you go about that?

[Demonpenz]

Transporter 10

[-King-]

Got his ass beat at the end.