Man Shot at in Sofia

A 34-year-old man, identified as U.D. has been shot at in the Sofia district of Nadezhda Friday afternoon.

Police say the man does not have a criminal record. He has been rushed to the emergency hospital Pirogov with two wounds - in the left leg and the head.

Unconfirmed reports say that the man has been shot by a relative or friend.

The district of Nadezhda has recently become the scene of a number of shootings.

At the end of February the 57-year-old Hristo Vasilev Varbanov, uncle of the famous Bulgarian singer Azis, and two women were shot at there.

Varbanov has a criminal record, and this was not the first time there had been an attempt on his life.