Bulgaria Terrorism Events

Associated States: bulgaria; congo; israel; saudi arabia; serbia; slovakia; south africa; sudan; turkey; yemen;

Azerbaijan transports arms to Saudi Arabia which later found in ISIS warehouse

4 Jul, 2017

Saudi Arabia has become a major customer of Eastern European (Bulgarian and Serbian) weapons via Azerbaijan’s Silk Way Airlines, Bulgarian newspaper Trud reports. I

ISIL - ISIS

Associated States: albania; bosnia and herzegovina; bulgaria; croatia; republic of macedonia; montenegro; serbia; slovenia; kosovo;

ISIS attempts to exploit Balkan war wounds with localized propaganda

23 Jun, 2017

In recent months, the militant group ISIS, which has brutalized large swathes of Iraq and Syria for a few years in the name of establishing...

Associated States: bulgaria; germany; oman; romania; turkey;

Bulgarian authorities detain German nationals with radical Islamist links

21 Apr, 2017

Bulgarian authorities have detained five German citizens suspected of links to a militant organization after they entered the Balkan country from Romania, the state security...

ISIL - ISIS

Associated States: austria; bosnia and herzegovina; bulgaria; germany; republic of macedonia;

14 radical Islamists operated in ISIS-linked cells in Austrian cities of Vienna & Graz

26 Jan, 2017

Austrian police have arrested 14 people in anti-terrorist raids conducted in Vienna and Graz, the country’s APA news agency reports, citing officials. Police and units...

ISIL - ISIS

Associated States: bulgaria; kyrgyzstan; russian federation; syria; turkey;

Istanbul nightclub killer sneaked into Turkey by sophisticated ISIS network under a secret codename and hidden in a safe house

4 Jan, 2017

Disturbing new details have emerged of a sophisticated, undercover ISIS network that infiltrated the Istanbul New Year's Eve killer into Turkey and used advanced special...