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Protesters say they would erect barricades again

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On the 58th day of anti-government protests in Sofia, the Boets movement organize action in front of the Sofia Court House at 1 pm to file signals against individuals and institutions responsible for the clashes during the September 2 protest, declared as a "Great People's Uprising." The organizers state that they are starting to file mass complaints against the actions of the Ministry of Interior, and any citizen who wishes can come and file a complaint to the prosecutor's office in a ready-made form, BNR reported.

"Today we will walk symbolically to the Eagles’ Bridge and tomorrow we will raise the barricades again." This was what one of the leaders of protesters, Nikolay Hadzhigenov said on the evening of the 57th day of the protests. The protest rally passed again along Ruski Blvd. to Eagles' Bridge. Protesters temporarily blocked traffic at the key intersection and symbolically put three tents. The events passed without incidents and clashes with the police. The last working day of the week started in the capital without blocked intersections, BNR reported.



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