At Least 18 Injured in Bulgarian Parliament Riot

Politics » DOMESTIC | July 24, 2013, Wednesday // 13:44
Bulgaria: At Least 18 Injured in Bulgarian Parliament Riot Photo by EPA/BGNES

At least 18 people, including 5 police officers, have been injured in overnight riots outside the Bulgarian Parliament.

One of the police officers has received a concussion of the brain and has been hospitalized at the Pirogov hospital.

Among the injured is also one female police officer.

Apart from the hospitalized policeman, the others have sustained light injuries, suh as bruises, light wounds, or minor fractures.

The overnight blockade of parliament was an esalation of weeks long anti-government protests in Bulgaria calling for new snap elections.

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