Bulgarian Court Rules on Detention Measure for Dogan's Attacker

Crime | January 22, 2013, Tuesday| 829 views

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Bulgarian Court to Rule on Detention Measure for Dogan's Attacker: Bulgarian Court Rules on Detention Measure for Dogan's Attacker

Bulgarian Movement for Rights and Freedoms party leader Ahmed Dogan (L) was attacked by Oktay Enimehmedov with a hand gun at the party congress in Sofia last Saturday. Photo by EPA/BGNES

The Sofia Regional Court is expected to rule Tuesday on the detention measure for the man who attacked ethnic Turkish leader Ahmed Dogan with a gas pistol.

The Chief Prosecutor, Sotir Tsatsarov, and his Deputy, Borislav Sarafov, are going to request the strongest one – permanent detention for Oktay Enimehmedov on grounds he might flee, hide and/or commit another crime, and for his own safety.

Tsatsarov has commented for the Bulgarian National Radio that someone could attack and even kill Enimehmedov. He said he did not have any concrete reasons to back the above, but "history provided plenty of similar examples."

"I firmly believe that the prosecution must ask for permanent detention and it has its strong motives, however, the decision belongs to the judges," the Chief Prosecutor says.

Oktay Enimehmedov, 25, the man who assaulted Saturday Ahmed Dogan, leader of the ethnic Turkish party Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS), has so far been charged with a death threat and hooliganism.