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| Forty hurt in Bulgaria gas |
| 2004-04-09 |
| At least 40 people have been hurt, some seriously, in a poison gas attack in the Bulgarian capital. A bomb containing a toxic chloride gas was thrown into a visitors’ area in a Sofia traffic police office, the Interior Ministry said. At least one person was said to be in a life-threatening condition and four others were critically ill. Police said a suspect was held two hours after the attack, but there was no word on possible motive. Followup... No big thing... At least 40 people were injured, some seriously, after a man accidentally dropped a tear gas device in a police station in the Bulgarian capital. The man was in a visitors' area in a Sofia traffic police office when the "unpremeditated accident" happened, the Interior Ministry said. At least four people, including a police officer, were reported to be seriously ill from gas inhalation. The man, described as a 51-year-old butcher, was later arrested. The device, described as a self-defence teargas spray, was "freely available in shops", Interior Ministry official Boiko Borissov told AFP news agency. |
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