2013 Bulgarian self-immolations

2013 Bulgarian Self-Immolations Самозапалвания в България (2013)
Date	18 February 2013 – 22 March 2013
Location	Bulgarian Presidency Square – Sofia,  Bulgaria Different municipality locations,  Bulgaria
Causes	2013 Bulgarian protests against the Borisov cabinet
Lead figures
Plamen Goranov, political activist and protester.
Number
6 successful self-immolations 2 prevented attempts of self-immolations
Casualties
Death(s)	5
Injuries	1

The 2013 Bulgarian self-immolations were a wave of self-immolations in public places caused by the 2013 Bulgarian protests against the Borisov cabinet in early spring.^[1][2] Trayan Marechkov is the first to have set himself on fire, on 18 February 2013. Suicides by self-immolation are not common in Bulgaria.

Instances

This a list of all attempted self-immolations and fatalities as of 5 June 2013:

No	Name	Date of self-immolation	Date of death	Notes
1	Trayan Marechkov	18 February 2013	20 February 2013	[3] [4][5]
2	Plamen Goranov	20 February 2013	3 March 2013	[6][7]
3	Ventsislav Vasilev	26 February 2013	10 March 2013
4	Dimitar Dimitrov	13 March 2013	n/a	[8]
5	Daniela Nakova	unknown	unknown	Found dead on 15 March 2013
6	Todor Yovchev	20 March 2013	22 March 2013

See also

• Bulgarian parliamentary election, 2013
• Bulgarian nuclear power referendum, 2013
• List of political self-immolations

References

1. TOSHKOV, Veselin. "Bulgaria experiencing spate of self-immolations". AP/Yahoo news. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
2. "Six in Bulgaria die by self-immolation". CNN. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
3. Почетоха Траян - първият човек-факла
4. Десетина души запалиха свещи пред президентството
5. Stoyanova, Marieta. "Великотърновци почетоха паметта на самозапалилите се Пламен и Траян" (in Bulgarian). Darik News. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
6. "BULGARIANS MOURN SELF-IMMOLATION VICTIM". AP. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
7. "Dying for political change". Presseurop. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
8. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22439961?print=true