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Ahmed Dogan, the long-time leader of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) escaped unscathed - and it was not immediately clear why he had been targeted at the party congress in Sofia. Television footage showed a man jumping out of the audience and interrupting a speech by 58-year-old Mr Dogan, who has led the party for almost a quarter of a century. Security guards were seen beating and kicking the man. "Ahmed Dogan is in good health. Everything is under control," MRF official Ceyhan Ibryamov told journalists. Police said they had arrested a 25-year-old man from the Black Sea town of Burgas. They said the attacker was also carrying two knives. The liberal MRF party represents ethnic Turks and other Muslims who make up about 12% of Bulgaria's 7.3 million population. Mr Dogan is seen as one of Balkan country's most influential political figures. The MRF was a junior partner in the previous Socialist-led cabinet. In 1996, former prime minister Andrei Lukanov was found shot dead near his home in Sofia, though attacks on politicians are rare. Sofia. The VIII National Conference of the Bulgarian centrist party Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) was broken off after a man with a gun got on the stage while MRF leader Ahmed Dogan was delivering a speech. The conference was given a 30 minute break. Some of the delegates left the hall, while others remained inside. Journalists are trying to obtain more information about the incident but so far there are no details about ...