A recidivist shot a policeman and was then neutralized with a device similar to an electric shock, BNT reported. The law enforcement officer tried to quell a neighborhood dispute. He underwent surgery and is in a stable condition, and the attacker is in custody.
A little before midnight on Saturday, a report of a dispute between neighbors was received in Novi Iskar. A team of two policemen was sent - an experienced one with over 24 years of experience and his young colleague with about half a year of service. They realized that a man was threatening to kill his neighbor and tried to talk to him.
"He left. He said "I'll be back in a moment". Returning, we saw that he took out a rifle, loaded it, fired a shot," said Tsvetan Naydenov - commander of a department in the Second Regional Office.
The bullet hit the young policeman's hand. His experienced colleague put him in the patrol car, gave him first aid and stopped the bleeding with a belt. However, the action continued:
"We saw the face coming towards us with the words ``police officers, I'm coming.'' I saw that he had a knife in him and decided that I should not take the firearm. I got a taser. It temporarily paralyzes him for seconds while we detain him," said Tsvetan Naydenov - commander of a department in the Second Regional Office.
"His professional actions prevented a truly great tragedy. In my opinion, he saved three human lives - his, his colleague's and the attacker's," emphasized Lyubomir Nikolov - director of the SDVR.
The 67-year-old attacker is known to the police.
"He has served three sentences for various crimes. There are robberies, there are carjackings, there are home burglaries. So, this is an acquaintance of ours, Nicky the Bald is his nickname," summed up Lyubomir Nikolov - director of the SDVR.
The prosecutor's office has already charged him, and is about to request his permanent detention. He is currently in hospital with lung failure.