A Bulgarian politician today survived an extraordinary assassination attempt when a man stormed the stage and held a gun to his head as he was giving a speech.
Fortunately for Ahmed Dogan, leader of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms, the weapon misfired giving him time to react and hit the would-be assassins hand out of the way.
Before he can attempt a second shot the unidentified suspect is tackled to the ground by security guards and delegates attending the conference in Sofia.
That's what I call a close one.
Re: Failed Assassination
Posted: Sat, 19 Jan 2013 16:16:22
by OakRidgeStars
That's a suit soiler
Re: Failed Assassination
Posted: Sat, 19 Jan 2013 16:21:16
by zerodown1
DOH!
Re: Failed Assassination
Posted: Sat, 19 Jan 2013 16:23:23
by GeneFrenkle
Wonder if it was a Taurus... (ducks)
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Re: Failed Assassination
Posted: Sat, 19 Jan 2013 16:35:27
by WRW
A couple of commenters from that area say it was staged. Hmmm.
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Re: Failed Assassination
Posted: Sat, 19 Jan 2013 17:30:24
by Molfeens
Little odd that there are no security or police on stage. Even more curious that there is no perimeter security. And even more odd that the guy is not restrained as he is taken from the palace.
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Re: Failed Assassination
Posted: Sat, 19 Jan 2013 21:20:08
by 9mmjhp
Molfeens wrote:Little odd that there are no security or police on stage. Even more curious that there is no perimeter security. And even more odd that the guy is not restrained as he is taken from the palace.
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i guess you've never been to Bulgaria
Re: Failed Assassination
Posted: Sat, 19 Jan 2013 22:51:31
by SpanishInquisition
Well, we now see the next thing that'll happen here to ramp up gun control fever. Fake assassination attempt!
Re: Failed Assassination
Posted: Sun, 20 Jan 2013 01:14:20
by Jakeiscrazy
The gun was a jimenez arms. Saw it in a pic some where.
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Re: Failed Assassination
Posted: Sun, 20 Jan 2013 01:35:47
by RWBlue01
All I have to say is I am glad it wasn't a Glock with HST2. OR I would never hear the end of it.
Re: Failed Assassination
Posted: Sun, 20 Jan 2013 02:05:13
by thekinetic
GeneFrenkle wrote:Wonder if it was a Taurus... (ducks)
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Well I did shoot at you but you lucky my taurus misfired!
Re: Failed Assassination
Posted: Sun, 20 Jan 2013 02:42:25
by HilarityEnsues
Here's video, that's what I call an oh s#!t moment..
In the assassins defense the guy is named Ahmed Dogan and documents that were found said he was a collaborator for the Communism Secret Police.
Re: Failed Assassination
Posted: Sun, 20 Jan 2013 05:29:19
by Jakeiscrazy
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Jakeiscrazy wrote:The gun was a jimenez arms. Saw it in a pic some where.
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I took a second look and from a better shot of it. Not a Jimenez and some are reporting it was a "gas pistol". There is some speculation over if the assassination attempt may have been staged by the politician in an attempt to gain notoriety but no evidence so far.
Re: Failed Assassination
Posted: Sun, 20 Jan 2013 10:40:21
by gunderwood
Did it misfire or was there never a round in the chamber? To me it looks like someone forgot to rack the slide after inserting a loaded mag.
Re: Failed Assassination
Posted: Sun, 20 Jan 2013 10:55:32
by Purdune
I agree with Gunderwood. Course hard to tell but I'd put the odds that he never racked one.
Re: Failed Assassination
Posted: Sun, 20 Jan 2013 10:57:49
by Purdune
If it were stagged then they didn't consult with Poopin. If they had the politician would have ripped off his own shirt, karate chopped the guy in the throat, than Judo flipped him to the floor, and slit his throat with his buck knife. That's how Poopin would have stagged it. The dictator of Russia doesn't mess around...
Re: Failed Assassination
Posted: Sun, 20 Jan 2013 17:12:50
by RWBlue01
gunderwood wrote:Did it misfire or was there never a round in the chamber? To me it looks like someone forgot to rack the slide after inserting a loaded mag.
