WOAH! BULGARIAN POLITICIAN SURVIVES ASSASINATION ATTEMPT ON LIVE TV

A Bulgarian politician yesterday survived an extraordinary assassination attempt when a man stormed the stage and held a gun to his head as he was giving a speech (left). Television footage showed the man jumping out of the audience and interrupting a speech by 58-year-old Ahmed Dogan.

Fortunately for Ahmed Dogan, leader of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms, the weapon misfired giving him time to react and hit the would-be assassin's hand out of the way. Before he could attempt a second shot the 25-year-old unidentified suspect was tackled to the ground by security guards and delegates attending the conference in Sofia and was taken away covered in blood (right).