Bulgarian Football Star "Escapes Death in Sofia Explosion"

Politics | January 20, 2004, Tuesday // 00:00

Bulgarian football star Georgi Ivanov-Gonzo, currently playing at the Levski football club, got out of the second elevator of the Sofia office building just a few moments before the bomb went off, unofficial data claims.

Four people were killed in a bomb explosion that took place on Monday at an office building situated in downtown Sofia. Stoil Slavov, one of the owners of Interpetrolium and Partners, and his bodyguards Petar Petrov, Iliyan Kazakov, 37, and Petar Harizanov were identified as the four casualties.

The bomb was planted on the top of the elevator in which the four casualties were travelling and went off between the second and the third floor.

Georgi Ivanov-Gonzo is said to have been to the Bul Ins insurance company over personal deeds. He left the building minutes before the inccident.
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