PARTLY FALSE: Ahmed Dogan, the man targeted in this assassination attempt, is not Bulgaria’s PMThe incident happened in 2013 when Dogan was the leader of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms party in the southeastern European country. PesaCheck · Follow Published in PesaCheck · 4 min read · 16 hours ago 16 hours ago -- Listen ShareThis Facebook post with a video of a foiled assassination attempt on Bulgarian politician Ahmed Dogan is PARTLY FALSE. “Failed assassination attempt on Bulgarian Prime Minister Ahmed Dogan…When your time is not yet up……,” the text accompanying the video reads. At the time of the attempted assassination on Dogan, Bulgaria’s Prime Minister was Boyko Borissov. PesaCheck examined the Facebook post with a video showing an assassination attempt on Bulgarian politician Ahmed Dogan and found it to be PARTLY FALSE.

Source: The Guardian February 14, 2024 17:00 UTC