“Great Popular Uprising 3”: Tensions in the old building of the National Assembly (LIVE)



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Tensions between protesters and the police erupted on night 76 of civil unrest in Sofia.

Shortly after 9 pm, the protesters continued their traditional march again, but this time at first they walked several times around the new parliament building before heading to the University of Sofia “St. Kliment Ohridski ”.

At the corner of the BAS building, the protesters were stopped by the police when they tried to turn right onto St. Alexander Nevsky. “This enraged the protesters, who started yelling at the police, and the uniformed people received support from their colleagues. with helmets and shields.

Some of the protesters told bTV that they simply wanted to tour the old National Assembly building, while others said they wanted to get to the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral.

A little later, the water bottles flew towards the police, but there was no collision.

One of the organizers of the protest, Tihomir Vassilev, tried to engage in a dialogue with law enforcement officials and said that the police were violating the law and the rights of the protesters, as only Mayor Yordanka Fandakova could end the demonstration .

Arman Babikyan of the “Poison Trio” told bTV that the objective of the protesters on Independence Day was to walk and pay tribute to the royal parliament building with the motto “Unity is strength”, as the new habitat of the deputies in the minds of his people. It is still the old Party House.

The protesters asked the leaders of the Interior Ministry to explain why they were denied the right to move in the area of ​​the National Assembly and St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral.

At 10:30 p.m., a bomb detonated in the police cordon. The protesters explained that they threw him behind their backs and that this was the work of provocateurs. There were no repeated attempts at confrontation and no more police bombs were dropped.

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