Bulgaria: police release MPs and ministers from Parliament building

Hundreds of fighters with extra equipment were involved in breaking the blockade of the exits from the Parliament, informs lenta.ru with a reference to Bulgarian media. Apart from that, the police used bulldozer to partially dismantle the barricades, made by the protesters of garbage bins, flower holders and other objects.



As a result, the ministers and some of the MPs, accompanied by policemen, managed to leave the building. The deputies of the leading party GERB and the journalists stayed inside. According to prior information, there were over 100 people in the building. 



According to non-official information, many of the protesters were hurt during the clashes with the police. There's no official data about the number of casualties yet.



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