The Dynamiters
Kostadin
Vassilev Kirkov -
(1882 Veles - 1903 Thessaloniki)
During the attacks he blew up the water and
gas pipelines of Thessaloniki. As a result the entire city plunged into
darkness. Later he threw a bomb in front of the Grand Hotel. On the
next day he was killed while attempting to blow up the telegraph
station.
Dimitar
Mechev (Dime Mecheto)
- (1870 Veles - 1903 Thessaloniki)
At the time of the attacks he threw bombs
in front of the Egypte Hotel. When Ortse blew up the Ottoman Bank, he
and Truchkov started throwing bombs from the windows of their house.
After the last explosive was used, they deliberately exposed themselves
to the bullets of the Turkish soldiers and persihed.
Ilija Truchkov - (Veles
- 1903 Thessaloniki)
During the attacks he made an
unsuccessful attempt to blow up the Austrian Post Office, then he threw
bombs in the crowd on the main street. When Ortse blew up the Ottoman
Bank, he and Mechev started throwing bombs from the windows of
their house. After the last explosive was used, they deliberately
exposed themselves to the bullets of the Turkish soldiers and
persihed.
Pavel
Potsev Shatev - (1882 Kratovo)
During the attacks he set on fire
the Guadalquivir ship. He survived and was sent into exile in Fezan,
Africa. He returned in 1908. Later he wrote his memories about the
attacks and his exile.
Georgi Bogdanov - (Veles)
Milan Arsov - (
1884, Orahovec, Veles district - 1908 Fezan, Africa)
At the time of the attacks he
threw a bomb in the Alhambra Open Air Theater. Later he was captured,
put on trial and sent into exile in Fezan, where he died on 8 June,
1908.
Dimitar Koshtanov
Cvetko Traikov
Todor Organdzhiev
Todor Bogdanov
Ilija Popjordanov
Alexy Minov
Associates of the Thessaloniki dynamiters.