Elderly Bulgarian Man Stabs 2 Police Officers

Society | August 22, 2013, Thursday // 18:54

A 80-year-old man from the southeastern Bulgarian city of Kardzhali has stabbed two police officers in a brawl.

The two officers have been only lightly injured, with one sustaining a surface knife wound in the chest, while the other - in the arm.

The incident happened Wednesday afternoon after police were alerted that the man is enraged and is threatening to kill a relative with a knife.

Upon arrivng at the scene in the private residence, the police officers managed to disarm the man, upon which he grabbed a second knife and wounded them.

The two officers eventually managed to detain the senior, who was the arrested for 24 hours with initial proceedings already started.

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