Politics & Government

Assassination of Georgi Markov in London

Georgi Markov, a Bulgarian dissident, was assassinated while crossing Waterloo Bridge in London by Francesco Gullino, an agent of the Bulgarian secret police. The assassination was carried out using a specially-designed umbrella that fired a ricin pellet, a potent toxin. Markov, having fled Bulgaria due to oppressive communist rule, sought asylum in the UK. His murder highlighted the lengths to which the Bulgarian regime would go to silence dissenting voices abroad.

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