Ahmed Dogan, leader of Bulgaria's ethnic Turks, was giving a televised speech in Sofia when a man stormed the stage and aimed a gun at his head
(NEWSER) – A stunning attack on a Bulgarian politician went awry today when the assailant's weapon failed to go off, the BBC reports.
Ahmed Dogan, leader of Bulgaria's ethnic Turks, was giving a televised speech in Sofia when a man stormed the stage and aimed a gun at his head.
The assailant tried to fire two rounds but "most likely the gun misfired," an official said. Dogan, 58, pushed away the weapon—a non-lethal but still-dangerous gas gun—before security guards wrestled the attacker to the ground, reports AFP.
