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Bulgaria mourns victims of bus crash

Fri, May 29 2009 10:35 CET byNick Iliev 1314 Views 2 Comments
Bulgaria mourns victims of bus crash

Photo: Krassimir Yusskeseliev

A national day of mourning has been declared on May 29, commemorating the 16 victims of the horrendous crash in the Bakadjik hills, near Yambol, a day earlier.

Bulgarian President Georgi Purvanov has cancelled all his meetings for several days, the presidency's press service said. Across the country, all administrative buildings will fly the national flag at half-mast.

The memorial service will and last laments be held at the Sveta Nedelia church in Sofia. The mourning in Yambol will last for three days.

The Cabinet has asked all Bulgarian citizens and political parties to abstain from any form of celebrations on this day and pay their respects to the victims of the disaster. All political parties said they would put their election campaigns on hold.

The accident that occurred early on May 28 at 9.20am, when an old bus ploughed into a group of tourists climbing the hill to participate in a fair on the Ascension feast day. The bus, a Bulgarian-made Chavdar model manufactured more than 30 years ago, reportedly had a mechanical malfunction, even though it had passed its annual check-up less than a month earlier.

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Anonymous Peter Sat, May 30 2009 10:55 CET
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My sympathies go to all the victims and their families.

Anonymous Kanti Fri, May 29 2009 21:23 CET
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Annual check does not mean any thing. I took my car for check and only thing they checked was the break efficiency.It is high time, as bulgaria is in EU, why checks carried out are not similar to those in uk. If the checks are not conducted as per the law then infection which is eating away bulgaria should be addressed.

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