Bulgarians celebrate AH's birthday

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Bulgarians celebrate AH's birthday

Bomb Scare Puts off Removal of Swastika Flag in Bulgaria

An unidentified box, that experts fear might be an exploding device, has been putting off the removal of a Nazi flag with a swastika that was put on a plant chimney in Pazardzhik on Monday, Darik reports Tuesday.

The flag was put by unknown Nazi sympathizers, probably in order to mark the 120th anniversary of Adolf Hitler’s birth. The swastika has been put on a chimney some 60 meters (180 feet) above the ground.

On Monday police teams approached the site but found an object next to the flag that they fear might be an explosive device. The police climber that initially was supposed to take the flag down saw little boxes with wires going out of them on the rope that holds the flag.

The police command in
the District is currently debating how to remove the flag that has been waving above Pazardzhik since Monday morning.

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Nazi banner hangs from 60m factory chimney in Bulgaria

A large Third Reich banner hung for a second day running from an industrial chimney standing 60m tall in the town of Pazardjik in central Bulgaria, Bulgarian news agency Focus reported.

The highly offensive symbol appeared on the 120th anniversary of Adolf Hitler’s birthday on April 20.

Attempts to take down the flag on April 20 were aborted because of the fears that a black box wired to the flag contained a home-made bomb, prompting the police to secure the perimeter of the chimney.

Snipers had to be called in to shoot at the box and detonate it, but in the end the presumed bomb turned out to be fake.

Prosecutors have opened an investigation against unkn
own perpetrators on charges of fascist propaganda, which under Bulgaria's penal code is punishable by a jail term of up to three years or a fine of 5000 leva.