Wetcoaster Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 In Sofia, Bulgaria Ahmed Dogan, leader of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms, an ethnic Turkish party survived an assassination attempt at a party conference when the handgun of the would-be assassin jammed and Dogan knocked his hand away before a second shot could be fired and tackled him. http://www.dailymail...ch-live-TV.html As the perpetrator was being taken into custody he suffered a beat down. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdjNV9nv3QQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diesel_3 Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 YOLO @ 0:37 LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armada Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 Wow. That's incredible. Those eastern Europeans know how to beat down someone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLASSJAW Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 It's a "gas pistol" not a typical gun. Does that count as an assassination attempt? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-52 Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 Nice, that's how it's done!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
key2thecup Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 Wow, great post Wet. That was crazy, looked like a snub nose .22 that jammed. Identified by police as 25-year-old Oktai Enimehmedov, a Bulgarian national and ethnic Turk, from the coastal city of Burgas. He was carrying the gas pistol and two knives. A gas pistol is a non-lethal weapon used for self-defence, but experts say when fired from close range it can cause life-threatening injuries. CBC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jägermeister Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 Thats nuts. I laughed when the old man jumped in with his cane (umbrella?) at 1:00. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wetcoaster Posted January 19, 2013 Author Share Posted January 19, 2013 It's a "gas pistol" not a typical gun. Does that count as an assassination attempt? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
key2thecup Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 He stepped down. Bulgarian Turkish party leader steps down after attack (AFP) – 1 hour ago SOFIA — Bulgaria's veteran Turkish minority party leader Ahmed Dogan tendered his resignation Saturday, hours after escaping a gas pistol attack while addressing his party's national conference in Sofia. "This time my decision is categorical!" Dogan said, proposing that his deputy Lyutvi Mestan replace him as head of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) party. The ethnic Turkish minority leader was addressing delegates at the conference earlier Saturday when a man carrying a gas pistol rushed up to his podium and pointed the non-lethal weapon at his head, video footage showed. Dogan struck the attacker's arm away before he could fire a shot. Delegates then wrestled the assailant -- a 25-year-old ethnic Turk from the eastern city of Burgas -- to the ground. Police later arrested the man, who was also carrying two knives, a police statement said. Dogan, 58, has led MRF since its formation 23 years ago. Backed mainly by Bulgaria's 10 percent ethnic Turk minority, the controversial veteran politician has played a key role in Bulgaria's post-communist transition. Dogan's ability to control his voters ensured the liberal MRF's participation in two successive coalition governments between 2001 and 2009. The MRF is now in opposition to the right-wing government of Prime Minister Boyko Borisov. Dogan was largely expected to step down on Saturday even before the attack. His interrupted address, read out later in his presence by another MRF member, claimed that a recent "demonisation" of his image was detrimental to the party ahead of general elections in July. He urged delegates to support Mestan's candidacy and to make "a common effort to change public opinion about the MRF and its leader". Dogan lashed out at the premier, accusing him of seeking to "replace democracy with dictature" by stifling the market economy and controlling the media. Dogan has prided himself for his role in maintaining Bulgaria's ethnic peace while ethnic conflicts raged in the country's Balkan neighbours in the 1990s. The Turkish minority, which was subjected to drastic assimilation policies under communism, won key rights under his leadership including free religious expression, political representation in parliament, Turkish classes in schools and Turkish-language news broadcasts on the state television. Dogan's political versatility and diverse coalitions with conservatives, liberals and socialists (ex-communists) over the years however attracted criticism from all sides, mostly for his authoritarian ways, political arrogance and alleged corruption. Revelations that he had collaborated with the communist police before turning against the political regime and being imprisoned in 1985 also alienated many of his supporters. http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hiGiXTwFrq15YMapTC8j874BEcqQ?docId=CNG.b13ded9289e5f21d1bc5dbe35b038129.5c1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLASSJAW Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 I don't know anything about the subject, but man, a loooot of the comments on YouTube are saying it's all staged/conspiracy. Be interesting to see how this plays out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WHL rocks Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 Yep, saw this on Al Jazeera English earlier. Great reaction by Dogan (intended victim). He immediately fought back instead of standing there waiting for the assailant to pull the trigger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buggernut Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 Any chance he can now become an action flick actor? Look out, Arnie! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wetcoaster Posted January 19, 2013 Author Share Posted January 19, 2013 Any chance he can now become an action flick actor? Look out, Arnie! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jai604 Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 That is pretty crazy if the conspiracy theories are untrue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
:D Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 That is pretty crazy if the conspiracy theories are untrue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wetcoaster Posted January 20, 2013 Author Share Posted January 20, 2013 In Bulgaria the only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is an elderly unarmed bad-ass politician and his supporters who give the bad guy a whuppin'!!! This message brought to you by the Bulgarian chapter of the NRA (National Revenge Association). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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