Professors, students and medical officials are to stage Friday a protest rally in Sofia against violence among youngsters, which has recently brought to the brutal murder of the 20-year-old pharmacy student Stoyan Baltov.

The demonstration has been organized by the Medical University in Bulgaria's capital where Baltov studied.

The rally will be led by the university's President Vanyo Mitev. It is to start from Hristo Botev hall in Sofia's quarter Studentski Grad, then passing through the spot of the tragic incident to stop in front of Studentska Municipality building.

Among the students' demands will be tougher security measures across the neighbourhood as well as hiring professional guards to maintain the order in the night clubs there.

A lot of officials from the higher education sphere, representatives of the Bulgarian Doctors' Union, the Bulgarian Red Cross and the Pharmacists' Union will also join the rally.

The Education Minister Daniel Valchev announced he would skip the rally.

The victim Stoyan Baltov was beaten to death in a drunkard's fight in front of a disco club in Studentski Grad, where the lodgings of tens of thousands of students are situated.

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