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Yuri Galev suffers heart attack following assassination attempt

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Yuri Galev suffers heart attack following assassination attempt

Yuri Galev, photographed in 2002.

Yuri Galev, municipal councillor of Samokov, and football director, has had a massive heart attack in Sofia's Pirogov hospital.

Galev has been in a critical condition since June 20, following an assassination attempt.

The director of Bulgarian football club Rilski Sportist was shot five times, in the stomach and legs. His car was apparently pelted with rounds from an AK-47 assault rifle.

The 47-year-old was admitted to Pirogov where he underwent two lengthy life-saving operations.

Organised criminals - the "logging" mafia - are suspected of being involved in the shooting, according to the Bulgarian Interior Ministry. Medical staff at Pirogov hospital also told authorities that Galev did not have health insurance cover and had not made insurance contributions since 2005.

When Galev arrived at the hospital from Samokov, at about 6am on June 20, doctors said they anticipated complications to his condition. The statement came from the head of Pirogov's intensive care emergency ward, Stoyan Milanov.

According to Dnevnik daily, Galev had a mutual business enterprise with Stoyan Stoyanov. Stoyanov, a "neighbour" of Galev, was also recently murdered, the private Bulgarian television channel bTV reported.

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Anonymous Milen Thu, Jun 24 2010 10:50 CET
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pity a life was taken, but I remember he and his son beat up some lift workers in Borovec.
Tom, what do you want, NATO to send peacemaker troops to Bulgaria?

Anonymous Milen Thu, Jun 24 2010 10:50 CET
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pity a life was taken, but I remember he and his son beat up some lift workers in Borovec.
Tom, what do you want, NATO to send peacemaker troops to Bulgaria?

Anonymous onethorn Thu, Jun 24 2010 08:53 CET
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Perhaps I've missed it, but why haven't journalists and investigators been investigating and reporting Galev's possible connections with organized crime? Organized crime figures don't usually target other figures outside their own interests.

Anonymous Tom Thu, Jun 24 2010 03:39 CET
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That's another organized crime killing on top of the 200+. Why isn't the EU doing anything about this?


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