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Boyko Borissov expresses doubts about a “Bulgarian trace” in Crimea truck bobming

Photo: BGNES-archive

There was a thesis about the so-called “Bulgarian Trace” in the attempted assassination of John Paul II. However, the Pope himself rejected a Bulgarian trace in the attack, the leader of GERB Boyko Borissov said with regard to the the claim by the head of Russia's Investigative Committee, Alexander Bastrykin, that the truck that exploded on the Crimean Bridge had crossed a number of countries including Bulgaria.

It is more important to find out where the truck was loaded and what caused the blast, Borissov pointed out.



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