New Shocking Charge Against the Bulgarian Nurses
Updated on: 30.01.2007, 15:01
Published on: 30.01.2007, 10:19
The Bulgarian nurses, have been accused of slandering the police, their lawyer says.
They will be questioned on February 11, informed Osman al-Bizanti, the Libyan lawyer.
The charge comes to punish the Bulgarians for claiming that were tortured several times during their police interrogation.
The sentenced to death Bulgarians, complained of severe torture during their police interrogation, saying that they were jolted with electricity, beaten with sticks and repeatedly jumped on while strapped to their beds. Two of the nurses said they were raped.
Sofia prosecutor's office is expected to initiate a lawsuit by the end of the week, against the eleven Libyans, accused of torturing the nurses into making confessions.
If they are found guilty, they would have to spend three to ten years in prison.