site.btaPolice Search Pazardjik's Roma Neighbourhood, Probable Target: Islamic State Supporters

Police Search Pazardjik's Roma Neighbourhood,
Probable Target: Islamic State
Supporters


Sofia, November 25 (BTA) - Police assisted by gendarmerie from
Plovdiv have sealed off the Roma neighbourhood of Pazardjik
(South Central Bulgaria). The operation most probably targets
supporters of Islamic State, the Bulgarian National Television
reported Tuesday morning,

According to local media, the operation involves some 300
officers of the police, the gendarmerie, the State Agency for
National Security and investigators. Twenty-five sites have been
searched. Patrol cars have blocked the streets and access to
the neighbourhood. Classes in the schools in the area have been
cancelled. PK/LG