The Facebook group demands for them to be legally prosecuted and fairly punished for kicking and hitting "insanely" the assailant and cursing in Turkish. They have announced the launch of a petition for the above.
On Saturday, police in Bulgaria detained a man after he pointed a gun at Dogan as he was delivering a speech in the capital Sofia. No shots were fired. The man was identified as Oktay Enimehmedov, a 25-year-old ethnic Turkish resident of the city of Burgas, with a previous criminal record for assault and theft.
It emerged Sunday that the man did not actually want to kill the former leader and now Honorary Chairman of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms, DPS, but to scare him.
Also on Sunday, Sofia City Prosecutor, Nikolay Kokinov, announced Enimehmedov will be charged with grave hooliganism and death threat.
Kokinov further stated he did not see any need to hold the delegates responsible on grounds such situations and attempts to halt a criminal on the spot inevitably triggered damage, while the surprise had stunned everyone at the moment.
The footage shows about ten DPS members hitting with fists and kicking the young man, shouting "kill him," and "beat him." The footage also made international headlines.
The Chief of the Sofia police, Commissar Valeri Yordanov, said the legal actions were within the authority of the prosecutor's office, but noted that he thought the delegates must be held responsible for their actions.
At a special emergency press conference Sunday, the DPS leadership voiced outrage from the shift of focus regarding the murder attempt in presenting it as an individual act of a man who only wanted his moment of glory.
At the press conference, the newly-elected DPS leader, Lyutvi Mestan labeled the intentions of the investigation to probe delegates of the party's caucus for battery "cynical," stressing they were the ones to successfully fight off a potential killer and to save the life of their leader.
He underscored these delegates must be congratulated for their courage and for doing the job of the police who took an hour and a half after the attack to arrive at the scene of the incident.
The party informed they will ask for an international probe in the incident they are convinced was an attempt for political murder. The incident will also be included as grounds for the non-confidence vote against the Cabinet to be tabled by DPS in upcoming days.
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20/1/13
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Trial against Dogan Attacker Starts at Sofia City Court....
ReplyDeleteThe Sofia City Court is to hold a first sitting on the trial against Oktay Enimehmedov, the man who pointed a gas gun at influential Bulgarian politician Ahmed Dogan in January 2013.
Enimehmedov has been charged with attempted murder, according to reports of the Bulgarian National Television (BNT).
According to the indictment, he tried three times to shoot a gas pistol at Ahmed Dogan, Honorary Chairman of the ethnic Turkish party Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS) party, but the weapon misfired.
An expert witness report proved that the shot could have been fatal in the case of point-blank shot from a distance of up to 1cm to the skull, neck, or heart.
Enimehmedov, who is currently in custody, may get a life sentence for the offence.
Apart from that, he has also been charged with disrespectful behavior and breach of public order for interrupting Dogan's speech, for which he faces a penalty of up to 5 years in prison.
Wednesday's sitting of the Sofia City Court on the case starts at 10 am.
Parallel to the trial against Enimehmedov, an investigation is underway into claims of use of excessive force by the delegates at the DPS conference in the attempt to neutralize the attacker......http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=152823
14/8/13