Bulgaria issues arrest warrants for two Germans over Starlink antenna arson

Bulgaria issued an international arrest warrant for two German citizens suspected of setting fire to Starlink antennas outside the Bulgarian capital

Bulgaria has issued European arrest warrants for two German nationals aged 19, accused of burning eight Starlink antennas near Sofia. The case adds to a string of suspected sabotage attacks on Starlink infrastructure in Europe, particularly in Poland and Lithuania, as authorities warn that Russia could increase its hybrid warfare and sabotage campaigns across the continent in the upcoming months.

A Bulgarian court has issued arrest warrants for two young German nationals suspected of setting fire to Starlink antennas. The case is reminiscent of another in Poland, which Warsaw says was orchestrated by Russia.

A Bulgarian court has issued arrest warrants for two young German nationals suspected of setting fire to Starlink antennae. The case is reminiscent of another in Poland, which Warsaw says was orchestrated by Russia.

Bulgaria’s Sofia City Court has authorized European Arrest Warrants for two German nationals suspected of setting fire to Starlink antennas at the Teleport Plana facility near Sofia, BNT reported, as the suspects have left the country and their current whereabouts remain unknown. The two men, Tirpan Beytulla and Zeka Islam, were born in Germany in 2007. The court considered the Prosecutor’s Office request for the warrants during proceedings today. ...

Two suspects accused of setting fire to 11 Starlink antennas at a secured site near Sofia have left Bulgaria, and their whereabouts are unknown, according to reports citing the investigation, as prosecutors seek European Arrest Warrants for them. The two men, aged 20 and 21, hold German passports but are not ethnic Germans. Both entered Bulgaria legally through the Kulata border crossing, Boulevard Bulgaria and the newspaper Sega reported. ...

The Sofia City Court is due to consider a prosecution request for European Arrest Warrants for two people suspected of setting fire to 11 antennas used to communicate with the Starlink satellite system on the evening of October 9, the court said. The incident was first made public a week ago by Ivaylo Mirchev, co-chair of the Yes, Bulgaria party. Two days later, President Rumen Radev urged State Agency for National Security (SANS) head Plamen Tonchev, from the parliamentary rostrum, to withhold details of the ongoing investigation. ...