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
3 May 1996	Lyulin, Sofia City Province	3	1	4	A man armed with a rifle killed three police officers and wounded another before being arrested. [8]
1 January 1990	Momchilgrad, Kardzhali Province	4	3	7	A border guard shot and killed four people and wounded three others. [9]
March 1985	Sofia, Sofia City Province	4	0	4	A drunken policeman opened fire inside a restaurant, killing four people. [10]
25 December 1974	Sofia, Sofia City Province	6	8	14	Sofia shooting: A man shot and killed six students at the Sofia University and injured eight others. [11] [12] [13]
19 December 1967	Golyamata Zvezda, Haskovo Province	6	6	12	A soldier killed at least six people and wounded at least six others before being arrested. [14]
24 June 1939	Tirpan, Southern Bulgaria	4 [n 2]	0	4	A 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. [15] [16]

See also

• Bulgaria portal

• Crime in Bulgaria

Notes

1. Including the perpetrator or suspect
2. 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. "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.
9. "Border guard kills four in anger". Quad-City Times. 4 January 1990. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
10. "POLICEMAN KILLS 4". The Daily Telegraph. 9 March 1985. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
11. "Забравеното коледно кърваво клане в Студентски град от 1974 г." Chronicle.bg (in Bulgarian). 19 December 2020. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
12. Berserk Youth Kills 6 at Hostel, Los Angeles Times (December 27, 1974)
13. Student runs amok, kills six, Cedar Rapids Gazette (December 27, 1974)
14. "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.
15. Boy kills teachers, The Tuscaloosa News (June 25, 1939)
16. "Uczeń zastrzelił nauczycielkę i popełnił samobójstwo" [A student shot a teacher and committed suicide] (in Polish). Orędownik Wrzesiński. 4 July 1939.