Protests in Bulgaria, Day 76: Grand National Uprising 3

On day 76 (September 22), the protest was under the banner "Grand National Uprising" 3, as the organisers from the Poisonous Trio announced earlier.

The demands remain unchanged: resignation of the government and the Chief Prosecutor Ivan Geshev; introduction of machine voting at elections; changes to the judicial system.

Shortly before 23:00, on the sixth hour after the start of the protest, there were clashed between the demonstrators and the police. In front of the old building of the Parliament, protesters four or five times tried to go through the police cordon of gendarmerie officers equipped with shields and helmets. There were four clashes. Protesters were throwing glass bottles, two firework bombs, eggs, one of them threw a cobble stone.

The last clash was about 23:20.

An injured woman was taken by an ambulance. For the time being, it is not known whether she was a police officer or a protester.

Shortly after that, a thick cordon of police officers surrounded the whole perimeter around the "Tsar Osvoboditel" monument and called the protesters to disperse. The crowd responded and fewer people remained in the square.

Photo credit: BNT/BGNES

Around 23:30, the situation at the protest was clam. The gendarmerie officers set aside their shields.

Around 21:30, there was tension when Tihomir Vassilev from "Izoravi se BG" (Stand up BG) together with one of the protest organisers, Arman Babykian and protesters tried to go through the police cordon in order to visit, according to them, one of the most significant Christian monument Alexander Nevski Cathedral.

After 21:00, protesters marched to the old building of the Parliament.

As at 20:00, there was no tension or incidents. Traffic in...