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SOFIA,Bulgaria-A man armed with a shotgun fired on teenagers as they left a Bulgarian orphanage Wednesday, killing a 15-year-old girl and wounding two other young people before taking his own life, police said.The motive for the attack in the western city of Tran was not immediately clear.Police said the attacker, a 67-year-old Bulgarian man, had previous convictions for sexual abuse.Officials said the two wounded teenagers, age 12 and 15, had been hospitalized and were expected to survive.The gunman, identified as Asen Iliev, fired several times at the children with a legally owned shotgun and then fatally shot himself, police said.[[[[[[The shooting was the worst in a series of incidents over the past week at state homes for handicapped or abandoned children, where neglect and abuse are rampant, according to recent media reports.On Sunday, a 9-year-old girl was badly hurt after jumping from the third floor of a children's home in Sofia. The next day, a 14-year-old boy from the same home was taken to a hospital after another inmate threw a stone at him.After Wednesday's shootings, Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev promised to review legislation on homes for children deprived of parental care.]]]]]]As in the days of Noah....
