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| A gunman in Bulgaria has surrendered to police after hijacking a bus with about 40 passengers on board, claiming to have a bomb, officials said. | A gunman in Bulgaria has surrendered to police after hijacking a bus with about 40 passengers on board, claiming to have a bomb, officials said. |
| He forced the bus to stop at a petrol station near the town of Lovech, as it travelled from the capital Sofia to the Black Sea town of Varna. | He forced the bus to stop at a petrol station near the town of Lovech, as it travelled from the capital Sofia to the Black Sea town of Varna. |
| He demanded that police bring a man he blames for a car accident which he says caused his girlfriend's miscarriage. | He demanded that police bring a man he blames for a car accident which he says caused his girlfriend's miscarriage. |
| No bomb was found and none of the passengers was harmed, police said. | |
| "I'm really sorry I have to do this and I am ready to apologise to the passengers," he told Bulgarian media as he made his demands public. | "I'm really sorry I have to do this and I am ready to apologise to the passengers," he told Bulgarian media as he made his demands public. |
| "I do not want to hurt anyone, all I want is for the man who hit my girlfriend to be brought to me. I just want to look this man in the eyes," he said. | |
| The man, identified as a 33-year-old, hijacked the bus about an hour after it had left Sofia at 1300 (1100 GMT), the interior ministry said. | |
| He gave himself up to police three hours later. |