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Bomb blast leaves a woman and a child dead, another child is critical

Tue, Sep 01 2009 12:16 CET

byNick Iliev

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Bomb blast leaves a woman and a child dead, another child is critical

Bulgarian Police

A woman and her five-year-old child were killed in a car bomb in Razlog on September 1, Gergana Moralieva, a police spokesperson in Blagoevgrad has said, as quoted by Dnevnik daily.

The bomb went off at about 8am as the woman attempted to open the garage door. Police believe the explosive device was remotely activated, possibly by a mobile phone. The victims were identified as the wife and child of 37-year-old Yavor Mandradjiev. Meanwhile, his second child, a nine-year-old, was hospitalised and is in critical condition.

Earlier on Tuesday, Razlog deputy mayor Ivan Gyurov said that the man responsible for the blast is a well known criminal with a longstanding criminal dossier involving racketeering, fraud and smuggling of goods.

However, Gyurov declined to release further information, saying that "rumours about what this person did and how he came across so much money are rife, but whatever I say at this stage will be merely gossiping",  Dnevnik daily has quoted him as saying.

In July 2005, a mother and her two-year-old child died in a bomb blast in Obzor. The explosive was planted in the jeep of 36-year-old Pali Penkov, concessionaire of the town's seafront. The incident occurred outside the Helios Bay hotel. Penkov's daughter was killed instantly, his 29-year-old wife died two days later. Penkov survived the attack.

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Anonymous to John Fri, Sep 04 2009 15:43 CET
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your ignorance is not our problem lad. are you one of those yanks who thinks England is the capital or Paris?

jog on

Anonymous Valeri Wed, Sep 02 2009 19:56 CET
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"Upon closer inspection, I suppose it is mentioned in the caption for the picture "Bulgarian Police." "

Handsome devils....;)

Anonymous John, Albany NY Wed, Sep 02 2009 16:52 CET
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Thanks Dianne and Valeri, without your comments, Nick would have left me in the lurch about what country this took place in. Upon closer inspection, I suppose it is mentioned in the caption for the picture "Bulgarian Police." Way to go Nick!

Anonymous to Dianne Hatton and Valeri Wed, Sep 02 2009 10:46 CET
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you two love birds chill out, meet for a drink and have a laugh.

Anonymous Valeri Wed, Sep 02 2009 03:47 CET
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No Dianne, you were thinking that Bulgaria is full of lazy uncivilized people before that.

Your hate is transparent.

Anonymous Dianne Hatton Tue, Sep 01 2009 20:46 CET
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And there was me thinking Bulgaria was a nice , quiet, peacful place to be and that nothing ever happens in sleepy Razlog.


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