Crime
Bulgaria's Assen Nikolov, who was killed by a blast in Varna last Friday, was suspected of the abduction of another businessman from Varna, Rubin Kocev, in 2004.
That emerged Monday from a 24 Hours report, citing the police.
Crime | August 7, 2006, Monday // 00:00
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A drunk Bulgarian driver, with 3.3 promilles of alcohol in his blood, caused panic in Italy, riding along the Genoa Highway, Italy's Amicizia radio announced.
Crime | August 7, 2006, Monday // 00:00
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Two Bulgarians have been arrested in Belgrade on suspicions of draining over 2 million dinars from ATMs through fake credit cards.
Authorities say Boyko S.
Crime | August 7, 2006, Monday // 00:00
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Two men have been jailed in the Dominican Republic for raping and murdering a woman, 28, of Bulgarian origin.
Bulgarian press said Sunday that the two attackers were sent to prison for 30 years.
Crime | August 6, 2006, Sunday // 00:00
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A mental patient has managed to steal a jeep from the police's parking lot in Kazanlak, central Bulgaria.
The 26-year-old thief found the vehicle unlocked and drove away to the seaside, Darik News said Sunday citing police officials.
Crime | August 6, 2006, Sunday // 00:00
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Bulgaria's Assen Nikolov who was torn apart by an explosion has probably detonated a shell himself, by accident.
Darik News said Sunday that the businessman, 31, could have been carrying the device for self-defence, when it blew up in his hands on Friday
Crime | August 6, 2006, Sunday // 00:00
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Several Roma people were hurt in a mass fight over a cheating wife, aged 16, Darik News reported Sunday.
The rough-and-tumble happened in the central Bulgarian town of Kazanlak, and ended with ribbon and head fractures, injured arms and legs and other tr
Crime | August 6, 2006, Sunday // 00:00
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A teenage girl who was kidnapped in northern Bulgaria has been returned to her family, Darik News revealed Saturday.
Three men had abducted the 13-year-old in the center of the Petko Karavelovo village, not far from the Danube River side in its central B
Crime | August 5, 2006, Saturday // 00:00
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The man who was killed by an explosion in Varna on Friday night was Assen Nikolov, 31, an acknowledged businessman from the fields of trade and agriculture.
Nikolov died around 10:15 p.
Crime | August 5, 2006, Saturday // 00:00
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A bomb went off in the hands of a man while walking out of a block in Varna, on the Black Sea coast.
Bulgarian national television (BNT) reported the bomb exploded at around 10:15 pm, and the man was immediately killed in the blast.
Crime | August 5, 2006, Saturday // 00:00
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A Bulgarian woman, aged 86, from Plovdiv, the second biggest city in Bulgaria, was cheated with BGN 5,200.
Crime | August 4, 2006, Friday // 00:00
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The son of the 58-year-old Bulgarian who was killed accidentally by policemen will be received by Interior Minister Rumen Petkov on Friday.
After the meeting, Georgi Bozhanov's son Vassil is planning to lodge a legal claim against the two officers.
Crime | August 4, 2006, Friday // 00:00
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Three prostitution rings in Sofia have been broken during a joint operation of police and their anti-organised crime colleagues.
Crime | August 3, 2006, Thursday // 00:00
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A Dane was found dead in a house at the older part of Blagoevgrad, western Bulgaria, police said.
Crime | August 3, 2006, Thursday // 00:00
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Antibiotics and alcohol triggered the aggressive outburst of the son of Bulgaria's justice minister, who got into a mass scuffle in a coastal resort earlier in the week, local dailies reported.
Crime | August 3, 2006, Thursday // 00:00
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A crowd of about 100 people started a clash with policemen in Dimitrovgrad, southern Bulgaria, Darik News said Thursday.
The officers were about to check the load in three horse carriages, but the Roma prevented the operation.
Crime | August 3, 2006, Thursday // 00:00
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A Bulgarian man has wounded his former employer after being fired, media revealed on Thursday.
The shooter, aged 56, attacked the 44-year-old hotel owner at his home in Hisarya, central Bulgaria, and fired several bullets into his pelvis and limbs.
Crime | August 3, 2006, Thursday // 00:00
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The son of Bulgaria's Justice Minister Georgi Petkanov got into a mass scuffle at a disco club in the resort village of Lozenets, Darik News reported, citing well-informed sources.
Tensions escalated in the melee and the car of a Bulgarian, holding a Nor
Crime | August 2, 2006, Wednesday // 00:00
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The family of a man killed Tuesday will put on trial the two murderers, local policemen.
Georgi Bozhanov, 58, a father of three children, was killed in an apparent random shooting in what the sergeants believed was a deserted area near Velingrad, south B
Crime | August 2, 2006, Wednesday // 00:00
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Economic police of Bulgaria have disclosed a large number of illegally stored and traded stuff with a single man.
While searching the house of a 33-year-old man in the Black Sea coastal city of Varna, the officers came upon computer software configuratio
Crime | August 2, 2006, Wednesday // 00:00
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A Bulgarian woman returning from Turkey was busted with two kilograms of heroin in her purse on Tuesday.
During the check of the passengers, custom officers noticed the unusual behavior of the woman and how she was trying to hide her purse.
Crime | August 1, 2006, Tuesday // 00:00
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