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Man behind acid attack on students faces maximum 10 years' jail if convicted

Thu, Nov 26 2009 12:47 CET

byNick Iliev

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Man behind acid attack on students faces maximum 10 years' jail if convicted

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Ventsislav Dobrev (31) of Doupnitsa is accused of having co-ordinated the acid attack on women students from Gotse Delchev in the south-western Bulgarian town of Blagoevgrad, Bulgarian National Television (BNT) said on November 26 2009.

Dobrev was arrested along with two other men shortly after the attack following a swift police operation.

He is in 72-hour custody pending being formally charged.

According to several accounts, Dobrev had a relationship with Hristina Koldzhieva, who of the two women was the more seriously injured in the attack.

According to police and Ivailo Filipov of the prosecutors' office, jealousy was the motive for the attack.

If found guilty, Dobrev will face from three to 10 years in jail, according to BNT. The two women, aged 24 and 26, were on their way home from a nightclub when they were confronted by a man who sprayed them with acid.

They were taken to the emergency ward at a Blagoevgrad hospital.

Three men were arrested, aged 28, 31 and 37, two of them from Doupnitsa and one from Yahinovo. The police said on November 25 that all three were involved in the crime.

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