German Prosecutor Probes Bulgaria Top Nationalist Case

Politics » DIPLOMACY | February 9, 2010, Tuesday // 14:14
German Prosecutor Decides on Charges against Bulgaria Nationalist Leader: German Prosecutor Probes Bulgaria Top Nationalist Case Bulgarian nationalist leader Siderov and his Ataka party leadership deny reports of his arrest at the Frankfurt Airport. Photo by BGNES

The German court is going to rule next week on the so-called Siderov case, the Frankfurt police spokesman Jurgen Linker informs.

Linker says the case has been referred to the Prosecutor's office and they are probing the Bulgarian politician diplomatic status and if Siderov can be legally charged.

On February 3, the leader of Bulgaria's right-wing, nationalist Ataka party, Volen Siderov, was detained and later released by the German police upon landing at Frankfurt airport over an incident on board of a Lufthansa flight.

Siderov, 53, boarded the flight in Sofia, and, reportedly, refused to obey in flight rules - fasten his seatbelt during takeoff and landing, and remain in his seat. Siderov is said to have tossed the food that was brought to him, constantly hindering the work of the flight attendants and even going in the plane's kitchen. All attempts of the crew, including the pilot, to calm him down failed. Siderov further insulted the flight attendants with racist words, calling them Nazis, anti-Semites and blond-haired Aryans.

The pilot had been forced to land the aircraft away from the scheduled arrival entrance to avoid further scandals at the airport. Siderov was met by the police, already alerted by the crew and checked his papers. The Ataka leader proceeded to insult the police officers as well.

“If this man did not have a diplomatic passport, he would have been arrested,” Linker says.

Siderov and the Ataka leadership deny the report, but the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry officially confirmed the news about the incident.

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Tags: Frankfurt, Germany, racist insults, Volen Siderov, Lufthansa, flight, stewardess, Ataka, Desislav Chukolov, Dragovest Goranov

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