http://bulgaria.bordermonitoring.eu/2016/02/07/breaking-news-two-women-froze-to-death-in-bulgarias-borderland/
Breaking News: Two women froze to death in Bulgaria’s borderland
The private television channel bTV reported about two refugee women died in the near ofMalko Tarnovo at Strandzha mountain massif. Since days the region, where the group was found, saw freezing temperatures. It seems that the women were part of a bigger group, at least 19 refugees, including 11 children from Iraq and Afghanistan. It was reported, that on Saturday the group was found by the border police. Interior Minister Rumyana Bachvarova told bTV television:
Two women have died — one younger and another middle-aged. Our border guards made every effort to help them, carrying them in their arms to try to warm them up, but it happened because of the cold.
The Border police reported the two women died during the police operation, that started at 5:40 pm. Still it is not sure how old the dead victims are. A press release of the Ministry of Interior stated that one of the victims was a teenager — aged between 14 and 16 — and the other was between 30 and 40 years old. The children, aged between 4 and 16, were taken to hospital with frostbites.
This is the second report this year, when people on the run were found dead in Bulgaria’s borderland. Already two dead bodies were found on the border with Serbia by the end of January 2016. Meanwhile Bulgaria’s government is constructing the extension of the fence at the Bulgarian-Turkish border.