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Bulgaria charges five people in connection with Istanbul blast

A man, charged for supporting terrorist acts in connection with an explosion in central Istanbul, is escorted to the courtroom, Sofia, Bulgaria, November 19, 2022. REUTERS/Stringer

Bulgarian prosecutors have charged five people for supporting terrorist acts in connection with an explosion in central Istanbul that killed six people on Nov. 13, the country's chief prosecutor Ivan Geshev said on Saturday.

Three men of Moldovan origin and a man and woman of Syrian Kurdish descent were detained by Bulgarian special police forces earlier this week following investigations and close cooperation with prosecutors in neighbouring Turkey, Geshev told Reuters.

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