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woaaah

ditto

Wow, that is one lucky SOB.

Like the text indicated, that's the MRF conference in Sofia, not Istanbul.

That bloke carried two knives along with his gas pistol, by the way.

Good point. I accidentally copied Istanbul from the news release location.

Any word on why the gun didn't fire?

Just died,
this works: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4BUac_yVhU

Wikipedia has this to say "On January 19, 2013 was staged assassination of Ahmed Dogan to raise the rating of the party." I'm guessing there will be a few edits of that page before things settle down.

Lucky for Ahmet, the crappy little pistol he was using jammed (or had the safety on and didn't know it.)

classic umbrella whuppin at the end!

Actually it's even more bizarre. As radx mentioned it wasn't a gun, but a gas pistol; a replica which can only fire tear gas rounds or blanks.

Blanks can be fatal at very close range, but it's far from a sure thing. I can't really guess what he was trying to accomplish. Possibly just crazy and inept.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_pistol

http://www.chron.com/news/world/article/Gas-pistol-pointed-at-Bulgaria-party-leader-4207697.php

Well, take this with a grain of salt, but the supposedly bulgarian commenters on the Reddit thread are fairly certain that this was staged.

And it was a pellet gun? Seriously wtf is going on in Bulgaria.

I would believe it was staged if it was obvious... but the beating of the guy at the end, that would be pretty harsh if staged don't you think?

Yeah, well if you're going to do something, you do it up right, eh?

Maybe the "patsy" didn't know what was in store for him. You're right though, those old men did beat the piss out of that poor, gun-toting moron.

All those guys kicking him after he was disarmed were just making it harder to secure him.

The attacker after his beating: http://img.thesun.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01657/AssasinationAttemp_1657796a.jpg

I don't think there were enough people kicking him in the head.

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Still no handcuffs?? Looks like he is under protection instead of in custody.

"The man was luckily prevented from shooting at Doğan by the politicians' guards."

To me, looks like Doğan was doing a fine job of defending himself there in the first few seconds...

He was most-likely trying to kill the guy at close range, with a blank gun..(Wait!?? Is that a blank gun?? Looks like a 25-auto to me)
I'd hasten to guess that it's relatively easy for someone determined, with the premeditation required for a act like a public assassination, to obtain a proper tool for the job in Bulgaria.

What you are witnessing here is a bunch of pissed-off cunts in suits kicking the ever-loving shit out of a disturbed retard (look in the guy's eyes)....Nah, watching again it looks like simple surprise at the misfire of his GAS PISTOL? Geez!


Camerman @ 1:01 - "Here, help gramps up there so he can stamp on the guy's face, I'll hold his leg!!"

You'd think there would have been a plan B, right?? Pointy stick maybe??

Yet again Guns are the worst things ever and have ruined this guys life!

Ok, well someone has to add an exclamation....

Holy crap!

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The pic is snuff, but I don't write the rules.

It could have easily been a staged event by merely giving the would be assassin a defective gun. Then no one is on it, except the nameless, faceless party who provided the gun. Perfect ratings boost.

What pic? The thumbnail of the assassin about to shoot, or the one Hybrid gave? In neither can I find any indication of someone being killed, or dead. Not entirely sure what the hell you think is snuff.

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been a while, can I *backup=

welp, not that way anyway.

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Eh, either i'm doing it wrong, or I can't actually do it. Whatever, that's a working version.

Quick, shoot him in the back... while no one is looking!