A man has been detained after attacking a truck driver with a knife, the Haskovo police reported. The incident was reported minutes before midnight on Sunday at the Svilengrad Regional Office. A Turkish driver, whose truck was parked on the Maritsa Motorway, was reported injured in the cab.
According to information from the police, the operational group sent to the scene determined that the attacked man is 46 years old and has a stab wound in the back, and was also hit in the area above the right eye. The victim was taken by an emergency team to the Haskovo General Hospital, and later transported to the University Hospital for Active Treatment in Plovdiv, where he underwent surgery. At this moment, his life is out of danger, the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs specified.
In the course of the work, forensic experts from Svilengrad and Haskovo have identified the 36-year-old from Harmanli as the perpetrator of the act. He was detained at his home, where he was found and seized with a report and the knife he used to attack the driver from Turkey. Two witnesses to the incident were also identified and questioned before a judge.