In Sofia, a man with a grenade was detained, urging not to wear a mask

01.01.2022
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In Sofia, a man with a grenade was detained, urging not to wear a mask
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In the center of the capital of Bulgaria - Sofia, the police detained a man who urged people not to wear masks because of the CORONAVIRUS. A grenade was found with him during a search, according to the Bulgarian news agency bnr-novini.

According to eyewitnesses, he went to Battenberg Square (also known as Prince Alexander I Square) in the city center and began to shout, urging people not to wear masks. Passers-by called the police.

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Arriving police officers detained the man, they found a grenade on him. Soon they detained a girl who could be familiar with a man. They found two pistols on her, which, according to the detainees, were not real.

In Bulgaria, the coronavirus epidemic is now on the decline - on December 29, 1,235 cases of infection were recorded in the country, when up to 6,816 cases per day were recorded at the end of October. On December 29, 34 people died from coronavirus. In total, 737 thousand cases of the disease were recorded in the country, 30 thousand died.