Crime: 8 June 2006, Thursday.
A bomb blasted a car belonging to the mayor of the southern city of Stara Zagora on Thursday, minutes after midnight, media reported.
Evgenii Zhelev's office car was parked in front of the block where he lives. No one was hurt at the blast, but four other vehicles were damaged along with Zhelev's Opel.
The explosion shattered the windows of the first three floors of the two nearby buildings, authorities explained.
This is the second assault against the mayor, media reported. A bomb was placed before his apartment on June 28, 2004, but the culprits were never found.
Stara Zagora locals have long been protesting against the repeated gassing of the city, and tension in the region has been building up for a while. A major protest was held hours before the blast, giving the government just a month and a half more to point at the culprit for the city's ongoing environmental problems.
President Georgi Parvanov gathered several ministers on Tuesday to discuss the problem.
Saturday, June 10, 2006
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