This article is a list of mass shootings in Bulgaria. Mass shootings are firearm-related violence with at least four casualties.
The data includes casualties of perpetrators, including self-inflicted gunshot or shooting of a perpetrator by police. The treatment of perpetrator casualties is at variance to some but not all definitions of a mass shooting used in the United States. The inclusion of injured victims in the data is also at variance with some of the US definitions that only include dead victims. However, the above treatment is consistent with that used in other Wikipedia lists of mass shootings by country.
21st century DateLocationDeadInjuredTotalDescription26 August 2022 Nova Zagora, Sliven Province246A man shot and killed two people at a gypsy wedding, four others were injured.31 December 2017Novi Iskar, Sofia City Province606Novi Iskar shooting: A man shot and killed his ex-girlfriend before killing five of her family members.14 March 2014Lyaskovets, Veliko Tarnovo Province134A man shot and killed a Bulgarian police officer and injured three other officers in a shootout after he threatened students and the headmaster of a school in Lyaskovets.18 March 2013Sofia, Sofia City Province4Including the perpetrator or suspect15A former Bulgarian army officer shot and killed three neighbours and injured one other before killing himself.2 March 2013Koynare, Pleven Province044Four people were shot and wounded during a fight between patrons and security guards at a discotheque.18 January 2013Plovdiv, Plovdiv Province4Including the perpetrator or suspect04A man shot and killed his wife, two children and himself in Kyuchuk Paris district.7 January 2013Sofia, Sofia City Province5Including the perpetrator or suspect05A man shot and killed his wife, two children, mother-in-law and himself in Gotse Delchev district.19 September 2011Yablanitsa, Lovech Province314A man angered over a property dispute killed three members of his family and wounded another.11 July 2007Belite Brezi, Sofia City Province134Three masked men opened fire towards a group of people, wounding four. One of the victims died in the hospital months later. The incident was linked to organized crime.30 July 2004Sofia, Sofia City Province628Several masked men armed with rifles opened fire in front of a restaurant, killing six people and wounding two others. The incident was linked to organized crime.4 June 2004Sofia, Sofia City Province325Two men opened fire at a mall, killing three people and wounding two others. The incident was linked to organized crime.
20th century DateLocationDeadInjuredTotalDescription3 May 1996Lyulin, Sofia City Province314A man armed with a rifle killed three police officers and wounded another before being arrested.1 January 1990Momchilgrad, Kardzhali Province437A border guard shot and killed four people and wounded three others.March 1985Sofia, Sofia City Province404A drunken policeman opened fire inside a restaurant, killing four people.25 December 1974Sofia, Sofia City Province8Two by stabbing8Three by stabbing14Sofia shooting: A student killed eight students and wounded eight others at the Sofia University.Berserk Youth Kills 6 at Hostel, Los Angeles Times (27 December 1974)Student runs amok, kills six, Cedar Rapids Gazette (27 December 1974)19 December 1967Golyamata Zvezda, Haskovo Province6612A soldier killed at least six people and wounded at least six others before being arrested.24 June 1939Tirpan, Southern Bulgaria4Including the perpetrator or suspect04A 15-year-old student killed three teachers with a revolver at a school after being expelled. The boy, who had already been expelled from three other schools during the year for bad behaviour, afterwards committed suicide.Boy kills teachers, The Tuscaloosa News (25 June 1939)
See also
Crime in Bulgaria
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