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down, taking out a white sheet, and laying the sheet on the ground. He then proceeded to pour the contents of one of the bottles over himself, which attracted the attention of a municipal officer who came out to investigate. Goranov informed the officer that he would set himself on fire, after which the officer went back in the building and came back shortly with a second officer. At that point
Goranov lit himself on fire. The two officers went back into the building again and eventually returned with fire extinguishers, but at that point Goranov had already endured burn injuries to 80 percent of his body.
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as "the up-and-coming star of
Bulgarian organized crime" fingered for involvement in various illicit activities including "extortion and racketeering, intimidation, prostitution, gambling, narcotics trafficking and car theft." As a leader of a 30,000-strong protest prior to his death, Goranov had led
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At some point, an official from the municipality took away the poster brought by
Goranov. After testimonials of witnesses and the fact that the poster was missing becoming public, the official handed in the poster to the local police. No charges were pressed against him. On the way to the hospital,
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6 March 2013, was designated a day of national mourning for
Goranov; and on that day the mayor of Varna Kiril Yordanov, widely implicated in TIM mafia activities, resigned following huge protests. Also on that day, the cabinet of Bulgarian prime minister Boyko Borisov resigned, and held a minute's
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According to the official report by the prosecution, on the morning of 20 February 2013, Goranov arrived in front of the Varna municipal building a little before 7:30 carrying a backpack, a poster, and two bottles of gasoline. Recordings of nearby security cameras show him putting the two bottles
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Despite limited police efforts to prevent it, a pile of rocks covered with flowers and topped by the
Bulgarian flag was erected on the square in front of Varna city hall to mark the spot where Goranov set himself on fire. This was possibly a tribute to Goranov's passion for climbing but is more
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An article by Sofia News Agency noting the massive protests that had occurred already prior to
Goranov's death, described the effect of Goranov's death: "Bulgaria was jolted like never before." A foundation was set up in Goranov's honor. Another author describes it this way: "Goranov carried th
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spark… of growing social tensions." An article in the
Guardian noted, "Goranov's sacrifice may not resonate in the west (sic) as loudly as Jan Palach's did during the Prague spring 40-odd years earlier, but to Bulgarians it is just as cathartic."
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municipal building. He died from his injuries in a local hospital on 3 March, Bulgarian
Liberation Day, a Bulgarian national holiday celebrating liberation from five centuries of Ottoman rule. Goranov protested against the organized crime group
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After setting himself on fire, Goranov became the subject of discussions and received active support on social networks. Approximately 300 people donated blood for transfusion while he was in hospital. On the day of his death, people in
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In 2012 Goranov scaled three 35-foot-tall female statues on the monument of Soviet-Bulgarian friendship overlooking Varna and placed colored hoods over their heads in solidarity with jailed members of
Russian punk protest band
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Prosecution – Plamen Goranov set himself on fire and was not a victim of homicide(in Bulgarian – Варненската прокуратура: Категорично Пламен Горанов се е самозапалил, Dnevnik, 2013/03/04,
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http://www.dnevnik.bg/izbori2013/2013/03/04/2015203_varnenskata_prokuratura_kategorichno_plamen_goranov_se/
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361:"Video Shows 'Bulgarian Jan Palach' Speaking Out against TIM Group – Novinite.com – Sofia News Agency"
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offnews.bg, 2013/02/24, Един нов Ян Палах. Дер Щандарт за самозапалването на Пламен Горанов
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Counting the vultures (Bulgarian – Преброяване на лешоядите), dariknews, 2013/03/06
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492:"Self-Immolations in Bulgaria – an Intertwined Personal and Social Trauma"
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685:"Bulgarian Spring: Self-Immolations Highlight a Desperate Electorate"
552:"Bulgarian Anti-Corruption Protester, Self-Immolator Died 1 Year Ago"
312:"Bulgarian Spring: Self-Immolations Highlight a Desperate Electorate"
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655:"Bulgaria's Resigned Cabinet Pays Last Tribute to Plamen Goranov"
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718:"Amid New Protests, Bulgaria's Jan Palach Foundation is Born"
577:"Amid New Protests, Bulgaria's Jan Palach Foundation is Born"
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Margaret Childs and Kostadin Terziev (8 April 2013).
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626:"The Political Pantheon of the Bulgarian Spring"
607:"The Political Pantheon of the Bulgarian Spring"
592:"The Political Pantheon of the Bulgarian Spring"
641:"GERB candidate Portnih elected mayor of Varna"
326:"Bulgarian Protesters Blockade Varna City Hall"
293:"With Many Despairing, Bulgaria Heads to Polls"
207:silence in tribute to Goranov as they did so.
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111:photographer and mountain climber, and a
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263:Bulgarian parliamentary election, 2013
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195:who in death became a symbol for the
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793:21st-century Bulgarian photographers
788:20th-century Bulgarian photographers
773:20th-century Bulgarian male artists
763:21st-century Bulgarian male artists
132:and the TIM-controlled Varna mayor
115:-based local protest leader of the
624:Tina Schivatcheva (8 April 2013).
590:Tina Schivatcheva (8 April 2013).
291:Matthew Brunwasser (10 May 2013).
258:List of political self-immolations
117:2013 Bulgarian nationwide protests
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668:Tina Schivatcheva (3 May 2013).
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778:20th-century Bulgarian artists
768:21st-century Bulgarian artists
605:Yavor Siderov (6 March 2013).
328:. Novinite.com. 22 March 2013.
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42:People's Republic of Bulgaria
227:chants of, "Down with TIM."
753:Suicides by self-immolation
720:. Sofia News. 21 June 2013.
639:Globe staff (8 July 2013).
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628:. Bulgarian Perspective.
494:. Bulgarian Perspective.
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683:Jan Puhl (8 May 2013).
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758:Suicides in Bulgaria
706:. The Vienna Review.
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384:Wes Enzinna (2013).
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67:Cause of death
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197:Arab Spring
732:Categories
386:"In Varna"
269:References
238:Pussy Riot
213:Ivan Vazov
185:Jan Palach
34:1976-10-20
398:(15): 35.
109:Bulgarian
101:Bulgarian
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252:See also
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169:Antalya
179:Legacy
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159:Death
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142:Sofia
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