List of mass shootings in Bulgaria

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

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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

DateLocationDeadInjuredTotalDescription
26 August, 2022 Nova Zagora, Sliven Province 246A man shot and killed two people at a gypsy wedding, four others were injured. [1] [2]
31 December 2017 Novi Iskar, Sofia City Province 606 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 134A 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, Sofia City Province 4 [n 1] 15A former Bulgarian army officer shot and killed three neighbours and injured one other before killing himself. [6]
2 March 2013 Koynare, Pleven Province 044Four people were shot and wounded during a fight between patrons and security guards at a discotheque. [7]
18 January 2013 Plovdiv, Plovdiv Province 4 [n 1] 04A man shot and killed his wife, two children and himself in Kyuchuk Paris district. [8]
7 January 2013 Sofia, Sofia City Province 5 [n 1] 05A man shot and killed his wife, two children, mother-in-law and himself in Gotse Delchev district. [9]
19 September 2011 Yablanitsa, Lovech Province 314A man angered over a property dispute killed three members of his family and wounded another. [10]
11 July 2007 Belite Brezi, Sofia City Province 134Three masked men opened fire towards a group of people, wounding four. One of the victims died in the hospital months later. The incident was linked to organized crime.

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30 July 2004 Sofia, Sofia City Province 628Several masked men armed with rifles opened fire in front of a restaurant, killing six people and wounding two others. The incident was linked to organized crime.

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4 June 2004 Sofia, Sofia City Province 325Two men opened fire at a mall, killing three people and wounding two others. The incident was linked to organized crime.

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20th century

DateLocationDeadInjuredTotalDescription
3 May 1996 Lyulin, Sofia City Province 314A man armed with a rifle killed three police officers and wounded another before being arrested. [15]
1 January 1990 Momchilgrad, Kardzhali Province 437A border guard shot and killed four people and wounded three others. [16]
March 1985 Sofia, Sofia City Province 404A drunken policeman opened fire inside a restaurant, killing four people. [17]
25 December 1974 Sofia, Sofia City Province 8 [n 2] 8 [n 3] 14 Sofia shooting: A student killed eight students and wounded eight others at the Sofia University. [18] [19] [20]
19 December 1967 Golyamata Zvezda, Haskovo Province 6612A soldier killed at least six people and wounded at least six others before being arrested. [21]
24 June 1939Tirpan, Southern Bulgaria 4 [n 4] 04A 15-year-old student killed three teachers with a revolver at a school after being expelled. The boy, who had already been expelled from three other schools during the year for bad behaviour, afterwards committed suicide. [22] [23]

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Including the perpetrator or suspect
  2. ↑ Two by stabbing
  3. ↑ Three by stabbing
  4. ↑ 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. ↑ "Сержантът от Пловдив планирал убийството на семейството си". OFFNews (in Bulgarian). 22 January 2013. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  9. ↑ "Пета гилза е открита в апартамента в кв. "Гоце Делчев"". OFFNews (in Bulgarian). 12 January 2013. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  10. ↑ "Гаврил Петков е екзекуторът от Ябланица". Novini (in Bulgarian). 20 September 2011. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  11. ↑ "Хроника на убийствата у нас в периода 1995-2007 г." DarikNews (in Bulgarian). 4 November 2007. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  12. ↑ "High-Profile Shootings Shake Sofia". Balkan Insight. 12 July 2007. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  13. ↑ "Разстреляха Бай Миле и още петима в столичен ресторант". News.bg (in Bulgarian). 30 July 2004. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  14. ↑ "Избиват хората на Златко Баретата". News.bg (in Bulgarian). 4 June 2004. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  15. ↑ "26 г. след разстрела на 3-ма полицаи в "Люлин": Убиецът заплашва надзиратели и осъди България". Dir (in Bulgarian). 10 July 2022. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
  16. ↑ "Border guard kills four in anger". Quad-City Times. 4 January 1990. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
  17. ↑ "POLICEMAN KILLS 4". The Daily Telegraph. 9 March 1985. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
  18. ↑ "Забравеното коледно кърваво клане в Студентски град от 1974 г." Chronicle.bg (in Bulgarian). 19 December 2020. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
  19. ↑ Berserk Youth Kills 6 at Hostel, Los Angeles Times (December 27, 1974)
  20. ↑ Student runs amok, kills six, Cedar Rapids Gazette (December 27, 1974)
  21. ↑ "Кървав Никулден в армията. Млад войник убива 6 и ранява още 6 от караула на Голямата звезда". 168 Chasa (in Bulgarian). 3 December 2023. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
  22. ↑ Boy kills teachers, The Tuscaloosa News (June 25, 1939)
  23. ↑ "Uczeń zastrzelił nauczycielkę i popełnił samobójstwo" [A student shot a teacher and committed suicide] (in Polish). Orędownik Wrzesiński. 4 July 1939.
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