The Bulgarian umbrella was an assassination weapon, an ordinary looking umbrella fitted with a hidden pneumatic mechanism that fired a small metal pellet loaded with the poison ricin into a victim from extremely close range. It is best known for its use by the Bulgarian secret service, reportedly with KGB assistance, in the September 1978 assassination of the Bulgarian dissident writer Georgi Markov, who was struck with the device on Waterloo Bridge in London and died four days later. The same year, a similar device was used in a failed attempt on the life of the Bulgarian journalist Vladimir Kostov in the Paris Metro.
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A Bulgarian umbrella is an umbrella with a hidden pneumatic mechanism which fires a small metal pellet containing ricin into the victim from extremely close range.
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It was also allegedly used in the failed assassination attempt against the Bulgarian dissident journalist Vladimir Kostov the same year in the Paris Métro.
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Such an umbrella was used in and named for the assassination of the Bulgarian dissident writer Georgi Markov on 7 September 1978
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