Bulgarian PM Condemns Dogan Attack, Beating of Assailant

Politics » DOMESTIC | January 25, 2013, Friday // 11:36
Bulgaria: Bulgarian PM Condemns Dogan Attack, Beating of Assailant Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov. Photo by BGNES

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has once again condemned the attack on key ethnic Turkish politician Ahmed Dogan.

Ahmed Dogan, founder and leader of the ethnic Turkish DPS party ("Movement for Rights and Freedoms"), was the target of a gas pistol attack right on the floor of a party conference on Saturday by 25-year-old Oktay Enimehmedov, also a Bulgarian citizen from ethnic Turkish origin. No shots were fired. Enimehmedov was lynched by DPS delegates after the attack.

"We firmly condemn the attack against Dogan and the treatment of the busted man," Borisov told bTV on Friday.

Upon asked to comment on the ethnic Turkish party's doubts regarding the expert reports in the investigation of the attack, the Prime Minister advised the party to keep quiet and allow the prosecutors to do their work.

Enimehmedov says he did not actually want to kill Dogan, but to scare him. The gun was established to have been a gas pistol, which cannot kill a person.

We need your support so Novinite.com can keep delivering news and information about Bulgaria! Thank you!

Domestic » Be a reporter: Write and send your article
Tags: Boyko Borisov, Ahmed Dogan, attack, DPS, Prime Minister, Oktay Enimehmedov

Advertisement
Advertisement
Bulgaria news Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency - www.sofianewsagency.com) is unique with being a real time news provider in English that informs its readers about the latest Bulgarian news. The editorial staff also publishes a daily online newspaper "Sofia Morning News." Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency - www.sofianewsagency.com) and Sofia Morning News publish the latest economic, political and cultural news that take place in Bulgaria. Foreign media analysis on Bulgaria and World News in Brief are also part of the web site and the online newspaper. News Bulgaria