New Nightclub Gunfire Reported in Bulgaria

The police in Bulgaria's Ihtiman are investigating a shooting in a local nightclub, file photo

Gunfire has been reported late Saturday evening in Bulgaria's town of Ihtiman.

According to police reports, a customer in a nightclub in the center of the town opened fire with a handgun and injured one of the bar's security guards.

He fled, but employees of the bar called police. The man has been arrested in the ensuing chase.

Police from Sofia have been sent to probe the case.

More details will be revealed at a special briefing Sunday afternoon in Ihitiman to be attended by the Chief Secretary of the Interior Ministry and the Prosecutor for Sofia Region.

A similar incident just happened Thursday evening in the western city of Pernik.

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