Lyaskovets

Interior Ministry's Chief Secretary Svetlozar Lazarov offered to resign after a failed operation in Bulgaria's town of Lyaskovets, Interior Minister Tsvetlin Yovchev revealed.

The head of the Veliko Tarnovo Regional Directorate of the Interior Ministry will be replaced on account of errors in conducting the Lyaskovets operation.

Two police officers who went snooping around and taking photos of the house of the Lyaskovest shooter Petko Petkov, spoiled the police operation for his disarming. 

It was the debilitation of Bulgarian Interior Ministry that led to Friday's tragedy in the town of Lyaskovets .

These comments were made for Bulgarian National Television by the expert Tihomir Bezlov from the Center for the Study of Democracy.

The 75-year old mother of the man who shot and killed a policeman in Bulgaria’s Lyaskovets on Friday has been detained.

Petko Petkov’s mother in in custody for 24 hours and could face charges for illegal possession of firearms.

The 3 policemen wounded in Friday’s shootout in the Bulgarian town of Lyaskovets are in stable condition.

Doctors who operated the policemen in Sofia’s Military Hospital say they will remain for further operations, but there is no longer a danger for their lives.

Petko Petkov, a 53-year-old man who opened fire in Bulgaria's town of Lyaskovets, killing one policeman and wounding 3, is hospitalized with a risk to his life.

During a police operation for disarming the man on Friday, he was shot in the stomach, leading to severe injuries. He had barricaded himself with four firearms, and held his mother hostage for several hours.

The shooter in Bulgaria's town of Lyaskovets has been rendered harmless and arrested after negotiations with psychologists.

Petko Petkov has been wounded and taken to hospital after barricading himself at home and holding his mother hostage for several hours, BGNES reports.

Four psychologists are negotiating with the shooter in Bulgaria's town of Lyaskovets, who has barricaded himself with a gun in his home.

The man, believed to be 53 year old Petko Petkov, shot and killed a police officer Friday morning, and wounded 3 more. He is thought to be mentally ill, unemployed, and hasn't left his home since 2010.

A police officer was killed and three were wounded when a psychically unstable man opened fire in Bulgaria's town of Lyaskovets, near Veliko Tarnovo.