Bulgarian politician escapes as assassin's gun jammed

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A man who pointed a gas pistol at the head of Bulgaria's Turkish minority party leader while he was speaking at a party conference will face hooliganism and death threat charges, prosecutors in Sofia said Sunday.

Police identified the attacker as 25-year-old Oktay Enimehmedov, an ethnic Turk from the eastern city of Burgas, who targeted Ahmed Dogan while he was addressing a conference of his liberal Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) party on Saturday.

Deputy chief prosecutor Borislav Sarafov said Enimehmedov faces up to five years in prison on the grave hooliganism charge and up to six years on the death threat charge.

Dramatic video of the attack against the 58-year-old Bulgarian ethnic Turks leader quickly circulated online.

In the footage, Dogan can be seen swiping away his attacker's outstretched arm before any shot is fired. The weapon appears to have jammed.

Several men in suits then wrestle the attacker to the ground before he is subjected to a drawn-out beating, in which he is repeatedly kicked and punched.

Police experts examined the small handgun and said it would not have threatened Dogan's life, even if fired from close quarters. The three bullets loaded in it could have only caused minor skin burns, they added.