The prosecutor-general in Bulgaria is investigating a roadside explosion on May 1 that struck as the car of Chief Prosecutor Ivan Geshev. He was unharmed.
The investigation was announced by Geshev’s deputy, Borislav Sarafov, who described the blast as „extremely strong” and said the explosive device was intended to kill.
It went off as he passed by on a highway near the town of Samokov, south of Sofia.
The incident happened around 11:45 a.m. No one was injured in the incident, said the Chief Secretary of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Petar Todorov at a briefing.
There were no injuries in the explosion, which eyewitnesses said touched off a fire and left a crater about 3 meters wide.
Sarafov said the explosion was „professionally prepared and well-executed. He said Geshev was traveling in the car with his family when the bomb went off.
For nearly two years, Geshev has been protected by the NSS, after the parliament took away the Bureau of Protection from the Prosecutor General and transferred it to the Ministry of Justice.
A second explosive device was found, National Television reported.
It was placed along a route that the Prosecutor General’s motorcade was supposed to pass on its way to Turkey.
„Good thing I switched cars at the last minute. Good thing they didn’t kill someone!” Geshev told „Epicenter” after the explosion.
