A gun is held to Ahmed Dogan’s head (Picture: AFP)

A Bulgarian politician had a miraculous escape after a man stormed on stage and pointed a gun at his head during a party conference.

Ahmed Dogan, the leader of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF), survived unscathed after the pistol appeared to jam before the man was wrestled to the ground.

The extraordinary moment was captured on camera as the leader of the party for ethnic Turks delivered a speech in the Bulgarian capital of Sofia on Saturday.

Dogan manages to push the man away (Picture: EPA)

Police removed a gas pistol and two knives from the attacker, later identified as 25-year-old Oktai Enimehmedov.


Primarily used for self-defence, a gas pistol can cause life-threatening injuries when fired from such a close distance.



Footage shows Mr Dogan managing to strike the man before he could pull the trigger before the man was wrestled to the ground by other delegates.

The man is beaten on the ground (Picture: EPA)

TV footage showed several people punching, kicking and stomping on the man when he was on the ground.

It is not yet known how he got the weapon past security or his motives for the attack.

Bloodied: The man is led away (Picture: AFP)

Mr Dogan is one of the Balkan country’s most influential political figures having founded the MRF in 1996.

‘Ahmed Dogan is in good health,’ said a MRF spokesman. ‘Everything is under control.’