ATTEMPTS ON LIFE
KING OF BULGARIA PRISONER IN PALACE (Elec. Tel Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Reed. Aug. 18. !) a.m.) LONDON, Aug. 15. Three attempts have £>een made against the life of King Boris of Bulgaria since the German invasion of Russia. This was revealed io 'hi- Daily Express .Cairo correspondent by a neutral authority from the Balkans, who said conditions in Bulgaria had been chaotic since the German nano!, on Russia. The population hated the idea of the German onslaught against their brother Slavs and Ihe
people's feelings were running high, not only against the Germans, but a iso against the Bulgarian leaders, who were held responsible for dragging Bulgaria into the war on the wrong side. King Boris is virtually a prisoner in his country palace, which he leave; only on special occasions and then heavily guarded. A number of students and Bulgarian irregulars were arrested and summarily shot after the second and third attempts on the King’s life.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20637, 18 August 1941, Page 4
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