(VIDEO'S) of Bulgarian Vigilantes Tying Up Migrants Highlights Political Xenophobia, Say Rights Groups

The release of another amateur video showing a Bulgarian vigilante group aggressively detaining migrants has sparked outrage among human rights group who say the government is encouraging citizens to act outside the law and inciting violence against migrants.

Speaking in broken English one of the vigilantes can be heard yelling: "No Bulgaria. Go Turkey, immediately," in the video published on Facebook. The restrained men, who have their hands tied behind their backs, are shown lying face down on the floor and appear scared and confused.

None of the vigilantes behind the "citizen's arrest" — which is not permitted under Bulgarian law — show their faces in the clip but all are dressed in camouflage gear, and one man appears to have a machete strapped to him.

The video is not the first of its kind. Last year a man named Dinko Valev sprung to fame after a Bulgarian TV channel aired a show calling the automobile spare parts trader a "superhero" for "hunting" migrants attempting to cross the border on his quad bike.

In one video clip, shot on a mobile phone, Valev can be heard shouting insults at a group of migrants lying face down on the ground and commenting to his comrades that "they came from Syria to kill us like dogs."......................




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