2013 Bulgarian self-immolations
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| 2013 Bulgarian Self-Immolations Самозапалвания в България (2013) | |||
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| Date | 18 February 2013 – 22 March 2013 | ||
| Location |
Bulgarian Presidency Square – Sofia,  BulgariaDifferent municipality locations, Bulgaria | ||
| Causes | 2013 Bulgarian protests against the Borisov cabinet | ||
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| Casualties | |||
| Death(s) | 5 | ||
| Injuries | 1 | ||
The 2013 Bulgarian self-immolations were a wave of self-immolations in public places caused by the 2013 Bulgarian protests against the Borisov cabinet in early spring.[1][2] Trayan Marechkov is the first to have set himself on fire, on 18 February 2013. Suicides by self-immolation are not common in Bulgaria.
Instances
This a list of all attempted self-immolations and fatalities as of June 5, 2013:
| No | Name
|
Date of self-immolation | Date of death | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trayan Marechkov | 18 February 2013 | 20 February 2013 | [3] [4][5] |
| 2 | Plamen Goranov | 20 February 2013 | 3 March 2013 | [6][7] |
| 3 | Ventsislav Vasilev | 26 February 2013 | 10 March 2013 | |
| 4 | Dimitar Dimitrov | 13 March 2013 | n/a | [8] |
| 5 | Daniela Nakova | unknown | unknown | Found dead on 15 March 2013 [citation needed] |
| 6 | Todor Yovchev | 20 March 2013 | 22 March 2013 [citation needed] | |
See also
- Bulgarian parliamentary election, 2013
- Bulgarian nuclear power referendum, 2013
- List of political self-immolations
References
- ↑ TOSHKOV, Veselin. "Bulgaria experiencing spate of self-immolations". AP/Yahoo news. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
- ↑ "Six in Bulgaria die by self-immolation". CNN. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
- ↑ Почетоха Траян - първият човек-факла
- ↑ Десетина души запалиха свещи пред президентството
- ↑ Stoyanova, Marieta. "Великотърновци почетоха паметта на самозапалилите се Пламен и Траян" (in Bulgarian). Darik News. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
- ↑ "BULGARIANS MOURN SELF-IMMOLATION VICTIM". AP. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
- ↑ "Dying for political change". Presseurop. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
- ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22439961?print=true
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