List of mass shootings in Bulgaria

This article is a list of mass shootings in Bulgaria. Mass shootings are firearm-related violence with at least four casualties.

The data includes casualties of perpetrators, including self-inflicted gunshot or shooting of a perpetrator by police. The treatment of perpetrator casualties is at variance to some but not all definitions of a mass shooting used in the United States. The inclusion of injured victims in the data is also at variance with some of the US definitions that only include dead victims. However, the above treatment is consistent with that used in other Wikipedia lists of mass shootings by country.

21st century

Date	Location	Dead	Injured	Total	Description
26 August, 2022	Nova Zagora, Sliven Province	2	4	6	A man shot and killed two people at a gypsy wedding, four others were injured. [1] [2]
31 December 2017	Novi Iskar, Sofia City Province	6	0	6	Novi Iskar shooting: A man shot and killed his ex-girlfriend before killing five of her family members. [3] [4]
14 March 2014	Lyaskovets, Veliko Tarnovo Province	1	3	4	A man shot and killed a Bulgarian police officer and injured three other officers in a shootout after he threatened students and the headmaster of a school in Lyaskovets. [5]
18 March 2013	Sofia	4 [n 1]	1	5	A former Bulgarian army officer shot and killed three neighbours and injured one other before killing himself. [6]
2 March 2013	Koynare, Pleven Province	0	4	4	Four people were shot and wounded during a fight between patrons and security guards at a discotheque. [7]

20th century

Date	Location	Dead	Injured	Total	Description
25 December 1974	Sofia	6	8	14	Sofia shooting: A man shot and killed six students at the Sofia University and injured eight others. [8] [9] [10]

See also

• Bulgaria portal

• Crime in Bulgaria

Notes

1. Including the perpetrator or suspect

References

1. "Двама убити и 4 ранени след стрелба на сватба в квартал "Шести" на Нова Загора (Обзор)". www.24plovdiv.bg. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
2. "Двама убити и 4 ранени след стрелба на сватба в квартал "Шести" на Нова Загора". 168 Часа | By Ваньо Стоилов. 20 April 2025. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
3. БЛИЦ (1 January 2023). "Жертвите на Горския от шесторното убийство в Къщата на ужасите в Нови Искър проговориха във... СНИМКИ". Blitz.bg (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 7 January 2025.
4. "3 години след шесторното убийство в Къщата на ужасите в Нови Искър мистерията остава! СНИМКИ". Blitz.bg. 1 January 2021.
5. "Policeman killed, three wounded in shooting near Bulgarian school". Reuters . 15 March 2014.
6. "Bulgarian Roma family killed in Sofia shooting". BBC News . 19 March 2013. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
7. "Масов бой и стрелба между гардове и гости на дискотека - четирима ранени". 24 Часа. 3 March 2013. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
8. "Забравеното коледно кърваво клане в Студентски град от 1974 г." Chronicle.bg (in Bulgarian). 19 December 2020. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
9. Berserk Youth Kills 6 at Hostel, Los Angeles Times (December 27, 1974)
10. Student runs amok, kills six, Cedar Rapids Gazette (December 27, 1974)