Sofia Self-Immolator Lidiya Petrova Dies in Hospital
Incidents | November 10, 2014, Monday // 10:59| views
Citizens left flowers nearly every day last week at the site where Petrova set herself on fire. Photo by BGNES
The woman who set herself ablaze in front of Bulgaria's presidency last week has died, doctors say.
Lidiya Petrova, 38, was taken to hospital on Monday and put under controlled respiration after severe burns covering 90 percent of her body surface.
Doctors had warned for days her condition was critical and there was slim chance of saving her life.
On November 3 Petrova doused herself with a flammable liquid while Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev was holding consultations with representatives of political parties.
There were six cases of self-immolation in Bulgaria last year. Some of them coincided with mass protests against power price hikes and poverty that eventually led to the resignation of the government of Prime Minister Boyko Borisov in February 2013.
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