Police Disarm Barricaded Man in Bulgaria's Cherniche Village

Crime | April 12, 2014, Saturday // 14:46
Bulgaria: Police Disarm Barricaded Man in Bulgaria's Cherniche Village Vasil Mitkov, who has locked himself at home with a gun, has been detained. Photo by BGNES/Bozhidar Stoilov.

The house of Vasil Mitkov who has barricaded himself in Cherniche, Bulgaria, was stormed by a special police unit who have disarmed the man, Saturday.

On Friday, Mitkov fired his legally owned gas gun at the officers surrounding the house in the village of Cherniche, near Simitli. The police have evacuated the family of the shooter, after Vasil has allegedly attacked his father earlier Friday.

Mitkov has been detained and will be transported by an ambulance to the city of Blagoevgrad, BNGES reports.

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