The accused of burning two diplomatic vehicles of the Bulgarian Embassy in Skopje was found guilty of the crime he committed on 15 June this year at today’s court hearing.

I feel guilty and completely admit my guilt. I made my own decision, stated the defendant before the court.

It is a 44-year-old Skopje resident who, on 15 June 2026, set fire to two diplomatic vehicles parked in front of the Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria, at the Metropolitan Teodosij Gologanov Boulevard in Skopje.

According to information presented at the hearing, at the time of the crime, the accused wore a T-shirt with the image of Goce Dellchev.

We remember that on the day of the incident, he left his house and arrived in downtown Skopje by bus. At a Makpetrol gas station near the embassy, he filled a plastic bottle of gasoline, then crossed the street and approached parked diplomatic vehicles. He sprayed gasoline on them, burned them with a lighter, and immediately left the scene.

Burnt cars were used by Bulgarian military attaché and other employees of the diplomatic mission. The incident triggered public reactions, and police identified and detained the suspect that day.

Initially, the Constitutional Public Prosecutor in Skopje launched a procedure for criminal work to cause general danger.

However, after receiving additional information, the case was taken over by the Prosecutor’s Prosecutor for Prosecuting Organised Crime and Corruption, which filed an indictment for criminal work, the arrest of persons under International Protection on September 16th./Telegraphy/