Bulgarian Court Approves Warrants in Starlink Fire Case

A Sofia court has approved the issuance of a European arrest warrant for two German nationals accused of setting fire to Starlink antennas at a satellite communications facility near the Bulgarian capital. The men have not been convicted, and their lawyers dispute whether investigators identified the perpetrators correctly. Bulgarian prosecutors allege that the pair entered Bulgaria from Serbia on October 9, set fire to antennas at the Plana Teleport facility and returned to Serbia the same day. The court approved the warrant request on October 19. The ruling may be appealed within three days, according to reports of the court decision. The indictment says three antennas were destroyed, two were partially damaged and three others were affected by the fire. Prosecutors’ account places the incident at the ground-based satellite communications site in Plana, south of Sofia. The accused were charged in absentia on October 14, according to Bulgarian reporting. The men’s court-appointed lawyers argued that investigators had identified the car involved but not the people inside it. They said the accused might not be the perpetrators and indicated they would appeal. The court...