Crime

Five Bulgarians Injured in Hellish Turkey Chain Crash

Five Bulgarian women have been lightly injured in the hellish chain crash on a highway near the Turkish commercial hub of Istanbul, the foreign ministry announced.

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Bulgarian Arrested for Human Trafficking in Austria

A Bulgarian suspected of human trafficking, has been arrested in Austria, state radio BNR reported.

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33 Injured in Turkey Chain Crash, Bulgarian Bus Hit

At least 33 people have been injured in a hellish chain crash, involving a total of 104 vehicles on a highway near the commercial hub of Istanbul, Turkish media reported.

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Court Starts Debating Disco Stampede Case in Bulgaria

Sofia City Court launched Friday the debates on the case of the Indigo club stampede that led to the death of seven teenagers days before Christmas of 2001.

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Taxi Passenger "Decapitated" in Savage Accident in Bulgaria

A taxi passenger was killed in a grave car accident in Bulgaria's second largest city of Plovdiv. According to reports the victim is almost completely decapitated, Darik News revealed.

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Bulgarian Babies, Cruelly Beaten up by Mom, Released from Hospital

The 2-year-old boy Daniel and his the 8-month sister Vanya, who were hospitalized a week ago after having been beaten black and blue by their mother were discharged from hospital early on Friday. Both children are with broken legs but are visibly better.

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Bulgarian Woman Feared Kidnapped in Plovdiv

Young Bulgarian woman was kidnapped in the second largest city Plovdiv, local police reported. Around 3:30 am the 18-year-old girl has been forced by four unknown men to get into a BMW, which immediately sped off.

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Bomb Alert in Bulgarian News Agency

A bomb alert triggered the evacuation of the state-run Bulgarian News Agency on Friday.

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Murderer of 4-Year-Old Bulgarian Caught

Police in Bulgaria's northern city of Pleven have arrested the suspected murderer of the four-year-old girl found in a dumpsite Wednesday. The perpetrator is 44 years old and has been diagnosed with mental disorders.

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Bulgarian Moneylender Under Investigation For Loans Fraud

The local Prosecutor's office in the Bulgarian town of Razgrad is investigating a moneylender, suspected in illegal bank activities. For the past five years the investigated Ivan Stoychev has lent loans amounting to BGN 2 M.

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Residential Building Roof on Fire in Sofia

The roof of a residential building in Sofia caught fire early Friday night, police reported. The roof of the three-storey residential building in the capital's neighbourhood Druzhba caught fire around 2:30 am.

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Intelligence Archives Chief Found Dead on Job in Bulgaria

The chief of the "Archives and Secret Files" division in the National Intelligence Service was found dead in his office, but the news on his death emerged a day later.

Crime | November 16, 2006, Thursday // 00:00 | Viewed: 2549

Strict Arrest for Ex-Policeman Sofia Bank Robber

Strict arrest without the right to appeal was imposed on a former policeman for his failed attempt to rob a Sofia bank branch. Kostadin Lazarov, 31, rushed into the office of Expressbank Monday morning threatening with a gun the cashier clerk and stealin

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Part of Killed Mobster's Money Already Laundered in Bulgaria

Part of the money that killed Bulgarian mobster Konstantin Dimitrov had, has already been laundered for sure, Chief Prosecutor Boris Velchev said. He confessed that his subordinates were not always effective enough in their fight with money laundering, D

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2 Teenage Girls Kept Locked by Abductor in Bulgaria

Bulgarian police discovered two teenage girls kept locked in the house of their 61-year-old abductor in Bulgaria's northwest Varshets. The two girls had been missing since November 10 until when they had been residing in an orphanage in the northwest vil

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Forged Euro Busted in Bulgarian Town

The Bulgarian police have discovered a printing facility for forged euro, Saudi Arabian banknotes and IDs in the southern town of Assenovgrad, Plovdiv's District Prosecutor Andrey Atanassov announced.

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Underage Confesses to Murder of 8-Year-Old Bulgarian Boy

The nine-year-old suspect for the murder of the boy, who was found dead at a dumpsite in Bulgaria's city of Haskovo, has confessed to the crime.

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4-Year-Old Bulgarian Girl Raped before Murder

The four-year-old girl, who was found at a dumpsite near Bulgaria's northern town of Pleven, has been raped before being brutally killed, police said. An assault by a psycho is the most probable cause for the murder of Mihaela, due to the extremely cruel

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Psycho Assault Likely in Girl Murder in Bulgaria

An assault by a psycho is the most probable cause for the murder of the four-year-old girl, who was found at the dumpsite of Bulgaria's northern Pleven on Wednesday, police said. The investigation shows that the murder was carried out in an extremely bru

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Underage Suspected in Dumpsite Boy Murder in Bulgaria

The 8-year-old boy, who was found dead at a dumpsite in Bulgaria's city of Haskovo Wednesday morning, is believed to have been murdered by an underage, Darik News reported.

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Husband Beats Young Wife to Death in Sofia

A domestic violence case led to the death of a young woman who was bludgeoned at her Sofia home this night. The woman, 22, was rushed to the hospital, but died of her wounds.

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