Bulgaria Arrests Four over Deadly Orphanage Blast

People flocked to the yard of the orphanage in the southern Bulgarian town of Krumovgrad after a homemade bomb exploded, killing three kids. Photo by BGNES

Four people have been arrested a day after a homemade bomb exploded at an orphanage in the southern Bulgarian town of Krumovgrad, killing three boys.

The director of the orphanage Svetoslav Daynov and another three servants there were detained on Sunday at the order of district prosecutor Svetlozar Lazarov.

Three boys, ages 13, 15 and 16, died Saturday when a homemade bomb exploded in an orphanage in the southern Bulgarian town of Krumovgrad.

The device went off around 2 pm. One of the boys died on the scene while the other has been taken to the Krumovgrad hospital where he later died. A third boy was listed in critical condition in the hospital in the regional center – the city of Kardzhali, and died during surgery.

It is still unclear if the children were trying to make the bomb or it came from outside and exploded while the boys were handling it.

Bujlgaria's Social Minister, Totyu Mladenov, his deputy, Valentina Simeonova, and the Director of the State Agency for Child Protection, Nadya Shabani, who were quick to go to Krumovgrad after the news of the tragedy broke, called for tighter entry control at the homes for abandoned children across the country.

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