Man accused of burning two Bulgarian Embassy cars in Skopje admits guilt

The defendant accused of setting fire to two diplomatic vehicles belonging to the Bulgarian Embassy in Skopje was found guilty at today’s court hearing for the offense committed on June 15 of this year.

“I feel guilty and fully accept responsibility. I made the decision myself,” he told the court.

He is a 44-year-old man from Skopje who, on June 15, 2026, at around 12:05 p.m., burned two diplomatic vehicles parked in front of the Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria on Metropolitan Teodosij Gologanov Boulevard in the capital.

According to the information presented during the hearing, he was wearing a T-shirt featuring Goce Delchev at the time of the incident.

On the day of the incident, the accused left his home and took a bus to central Skopje. Near the embassy, at a Makpetrol gas station, he filled a plastic bottle with gasoline. He then crossed the street, approached the parked vehicles, doused them with fuel, set them on fire with a lighter and immediately left.

The vehicles damaged by the fire were used by Bulgaria’s military attaché and other employees of the diplomatic mission. The incident prompted public reactions, while police identified and detained the suspect that same day.

Initially, the Basic Public Prosecutor’s Office in Skopje opened proceedings for the criminal offense of “Causing General Danger.”

Later, after securing additional information, the case was transferred to the Prosecutor’s Office for Prosecution of Organized Crime and Corruption. On September 16, that prosecutor’s office filed an indictment for the criminal offense of “Endangering Persons Under International Protection.”