Failed Assassination Attempt on Bulgarian Opposition Leader!

An assassination attempt on the life of Prominent Bulgarian opposition leader Ahmed Dogan failed.

                          
                               

A man jumped on stage during a televised conference and attempted to fire a gun at point blank range at the leader of Bulgaria's ethnic Turkish party Saturday. 

                            

The gun did not discharge, allowing time for the politician to knock the weapon away from his face

                                   

 while security guards quickly wrestled the attacker to the ground.


                                  


Kicked......... 

                                

The attacker was identified by police as 25-year-old Oktai Enimehmedov, a Bulgarian national and ethnic Turk, from the coastal city of Burgas.             

                              

He was carrying the gas pistol and two knives. A gas pistol is a non-lethal weapon used for self-defense, but experts say when fired from close range it can cause life-threatening injuries.

                      

Interior Minister Tsvevtan Tsvetanov told journalists that the assailant had a criminal record for drugs possession, robberies and hooliganism.

Bulgarian Interior Minister :Tsvevtan Tsvetanov

                                  

Bulgarian security officers escort the bloodied 25 year old man after he attacked Ahmed Dogan

The liberal MRF party mainly represents ethnic Turks and other Muslims in Bulgaria, who make up 12 percent of its 7.3-million population.