Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Twenty wounded in Bulgaria after clashes erupt around blocked Parliament

About 100 Bulgarian parliamentarians, ministers and journalists were escorted out of the Parliament on Wednesday morning after he caught in about eight hours for about 2,000 protesters against corruption outside.The police forced a path through hundreds of Bulgarians who were for 40 days to protest against the government's decision, a controversial media tycoon as head of security, corruption and a system of as many as appoint "oligarchic".Twenty people, including three policemen, were injured in the resulting clashes, hospital officials said.The Withdrawal of the government last month was the discontent in the poorest countries of the European Union and to suppress protesters in the capital Sofia are now calling for the resignation of the Cabinet."The police reacted very reasonable, the police did their job to perfection, but the protesters behaved very aggressively," Interior Minister Tsvetlin Yovchev reporters. "We will try, those who threw stones at police officers and deputies to find."The police escorted the MPs and ministers of the building at 15.00 clock in the police car. Two hours later, bulldozers began removing barricades protesters from park benches, trash cans and stones.Mihail Mikov parliamentary spokesman said Wednesday that the planned parliamentary session should be canceled and that the deputies did not turn to work, to restore order.Ivaylo Kalfin, MEP and former foreign minister, wrote on Facebook: "With apologies to the millions who elected two months ago, we need new elections."Protests demanding the resignation of the socialist led cabinet have with some violent clashes with police and threw stones.One protester said the change of tactics: "For 40 days we are protesting peacefully, but not hear now it's time to do something more radical?".Several demonstrators were treated for head injuries, a hospital official said. Two police officers were injured.An earlier attempt, members of the European Parliament on a bus to a confrontation with the police. Was canceled after protesters threw bottles, stones and other objects on the bus, while others sat in front of him. "... They threw stones at the bus and call it a peaceful protest," Bulgarian Socialist Party deputy Anton Koutev that was caught within the Parliament, told state television BNT1

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