What the records say
- When
- 1974
- Kind
- Shooting
- Coordinates
- 42.65° N, 23.34° E
- Description
- mass shooting that occurred on December 25, 1974, at Sofia, Bulgaria.
- Date from
- year in its Wikidata description
Placed at the coordinates of its English Wikipedia article.
Sofia shooting
1974 university shooting in Sofia, Bulgaria
The Sofia shooting was a mass shooting that occurred on 25 December 1974, at block No.1 of Studentski Grad in Sofia, Bulgaria. On the evening of that day, the perpetrator, 17-year-old Branimir Donchev, entered the building carrying a firearm and a knife and murdered six people, as well as injuring a further ten. Two of the wounded later died of their injuries.
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