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Two dead, ten injured after military truck crashes near Bulgarian-Turkish border

Photo: Daniela Kostadinova

While driving from Rezovo to Gramatikovo in fulfillment of a task for logistical support of the protection of the Bulgarian-Turkish border, a military off-road truck fell into the Veleka River, the Ministry of Defense announced. Two foreign citizens were killed in the vehicle. Ten other migrants were injured and hospitalized. Two Bulgarian servicemen were also slightly injured, one of them the truck driver, who was also hospitalized.

Pre-trial proceedings have been initiated in the case by the Military Prosecutor's Office in Sliven.


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