Bulgaria Nationalist MP Siderov Faces Hooliganism, Bodily Harm Charges

Volen Siderov, leader of Bulgarian nationalist party Ataka, photo by BGNES

Bulgaria's prosecuting authority will press charges of hooliganism and light bodily harm against Volen Siderov, MP from nationalist party Ataka.

Siderov has been summoned to appear at 11 am on Wednesday at the Sofia City Investigation Service, according to reports of Sega daily.

In end-January, Siderov verbally assaulted a French cultural attach? during a Sofia-Varna flight and later got into a fight with a passenger and hit a police officer.

The press office of Ataka announced that Siderov would make a media statement in front of the Sofia City Investigation Service at 10.45 am.

Bulgaria's Chief Prosecutor submitted a request to Parliament to strip Siderov of immunity from prosecution but the nationalist leader eventually gave up his immunity of his own free will.

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