Thousands of Bulgarians have taken to the streets to protest against violence against women after a harrowing case of a teen cut hundreds of times shocked the Balkan nation.
Approximately 5,000 people demonstrated in Sofia, while protests also took place in other cities across the country, where rallies over violence against women are rare.
The demonstrations were prompted by a case in which an 18-year-old woman was attacked a month ago. She said her ex-boyfriend cut her hundreds of times, broke her nose and shaved off her hair.
A court in the central city of Stara Zagora, hearing the case, qualified the injuries as “light” and did not order the 26-year-old detained.