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Libyan Officer Tried in Absentia for Bulgarian Nurse's Death
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By Bogdana Lazarova, Nikolay Hristov
Darik News*
Bulgaria announced Wednesday it would put on trial an officer from Libya's special services, charged with the death of a Bulgarian nurse in Tripoli back in 2000.
The defendant will be tried in absentia in Bulgaria.
Nikolina Damyanova, one of the thousands of Bulgarian nurses working in Libya, was killed in a car crash, while riding in the car of the Libyan officer. The accident occurred in the capital Tripoli on November 17, 2000. Another Bulgarian, who was also in the car, witnessed the tragedy.
The Libyan officer is believed to have caused the crash and suspicions have been lingering over the years as to the reasons for the accident.
There are several versions about what exactly caused the mysterious crash. The defendant first claimed that another car hit the one he was driving. Later the officer changed his evidence saying it was he who was to blame for the accident.
The Bulgarian eyewitness Yulian Stoyanov supports the version with the other car, involved. None of the survivors however could tell what was its model.
There is one more strange circumstance, which makes it hard to believe such statement. The car, driven by the Libyan officer was standing at a parking slot in Tripoli all the time and there were no marks of a blow on it.
The Bulgarian's mother, who received the body of her daughter a week after her death, is positive that was a murder. All Damyanova's relatives think she had not fell out of the car after the hit, but was intentionally shoved.
At the time of the crash, the perished nurse was sitting at the back seat, only the back doors opened when the car repeatedly overturned in the air and Nikolina slipped out of the vehicle.
The two fellow travellers took the suffering woman to the nearby hospital, where she died three hours later from her numerous traumas.
The dead body was transported to Bulgaria by a colleague of Damyanova, who also had her own version about the tragedy. She claimed it was just a crash. In her opinion, the driver was innocent. That is why she demanded the victim's family to write an official letter after Libya's legislative pattern, which would free him from guilt.
Bulgaria launched an investigation into the case at the beginning of 2001. There are a total of four requests sent to the Libyan authorities, calling for collaboration. After the first one the main and the additional medical reports were sent back to Bulgaria. The other three appeals for assistance have not been heard.
Bulgarian investigators wanted to interrogate the Libyan officer. They knew his address and phone number but according to the penal code's regulations at the time, the suspect could not be summoned in a phone call.
For that reason, the officer will be tried in absentia in Bulgaria.
An indictment against the Libyan national was lodged at Sofia City Court on January 21, 2007.
The case will be put down for first hearing on September 28.
*Translated by Margarita Stoyancheva, Sofia News Agency
Darik News*
Bulgaria announced Wednesday it would put on trial an officer from Libya's special services, charged with the death of a Bulgarian nurse in Tripoli back in 2000.
The defendant will be tried in absentia in Bulgaria.
Nikolina Damyanova, one of the thousands of Bulgarian nurses working in Libya, was killed in a car crash, while riding in the car of the Libyan officer. The accident occurred in the capital Tripoli on November 17, 2000. Another Bulgarian, who was also in the car, witnessed the tragedy.
The Libyan officer is believed to have caused the crash and suspicions have been lingering over the years as to the reasons for the accident.
There are several versions about what exactly caused the mysterious crash. The defendant first claimed that another car hit the one he was driving. Later the officer changed his evidence saying it was he who was to blame for the accident.
The Bulgarian eyewitness Yulian Stoyanov supports the version with the other car, involved. None of the survivors however could tell what was its model.
There is one more strange circumstance, which makes it hard to believe such statement. The car, driven by the Libyan officer was standing at a parking slot in Tripoli all the time and there were no marks of a blow on it.
The Bulgarian's mother, who received the body of her daughter a week after her death, is positive that was a murder. All Damyanova's relatives think she had not fell out of the car after the hit, but was intentionally shoved.
At the time of the crash, the perished nurse was sitting at the back seat, only the back doors opened when the car repeatedly overturned in the air and Nikolina slipped out of the vehicle.
The two fellow travellers took the suffering woman to the nearby hospital, where she died three hours later from her numerous traumas.
The dead body was transported to Bulgaria by a colleague of Damyanova, who also had her own version about the tragedy. She claimed it was just a crash. In her opinion, the driver was innocent. That is why she demanded the victim's family to write an official letter after Libya's legislative pattern, which would free him from guilt.
Bulgaria launched an investigation into the case at the beginning of 2001. There are a total of four requests sent to the Libyan authorities, calling for collaboration. After the first one the main and the additional medical reports were sent back to Bulgaria. The other three appeals for assistance have not been heard.
Bulgarian investigators wanted to interrogate the Libyan officer. They knew his address and phone number but according to the penal code's regulations at the time, the suspect could not be summoned in a phone call.
For that reason, the officer will be tried in absentia in Bulgaria.
An indictment against the Libyan national was lodged at Sofia City Court on January 21, 2007.
The case will be put down for first hearing on September 28.
*Translated by Margarita Stoyancheva, Sofia News Agency
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