 2011 Bulgaria antiziganist protests

The 2011 Bulgaria antiziganist protests started during the night of 23 to 24 September 2011 in the village Katunitsa and later spread to other locations all over the country, including Plovdiv, Sofia, Varna, Burgas, Pleven, Ruse, Pazardzhik, Stara Zagora and others.The reason for the unrest was the murder of local youth, who was run over by car by close associate of local roma boss Kiril Rashkov.