Israeli tourist bus was attacked in Bulgaria

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Wednesday, 18 July 2012 22:30

At least seven people were killed in an attack on Israeli youth [in] that were in a bus at the airport in Bulgaria Burgus.

Reports claim that it is likely that the attack will be performed by a suicide bomber who apparently found near the bus or the bus. According to nrg was a woman suicide bomber who was near the front of one of the buses when they set off the bomb.
UPDATE:
@ BarakRavid :

Foreign Minister of Bulgaria spoke with Lieberman ME and said he learned that the explosion was caused by a bomb hidden in the trunk of the bus

The Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu, declared that " everything points to Iran "[I] and that Israel would respond with force.

@ Ruslantrad :

bTV photo shows the attack against Israeli tourists in Bulgaria

Shoshi, an Israeli who witnessed the blast said [he]:

We passed immigration and we got on the bus # 4 just outside the airport. We put our bags and two minutes later the # 2 bus burst into flames. We were evacuated to safety.

His son added:

Survivors of the bus had to jump out to keep off the bodies. We saw the bus, an Israeli take a picture of him. We saw that exploited the trunk. We rushed to the terminal.

On his Facebook page [I], the foreign minister, Avigdor Lieberman put it:

I just talked to the foreign minister of Bulgaria, Nikolay Mladenov, on the explosion. Mladenov is leading the scene and keep me abreast of the news when it arrives.

A tweeted from @ MokedNews says:

One person killed in the attack Bulgaria - Bulgarian a tour guide who was with Israeli tourists at the time the explosion occurred. (Source: Bulgarian TV)

Excellent coverage on the live blog of Haaretz in Hebrew (frequent updates) and in English .

Tweeters to follow for live updates:
@ BarakRavid - Haaretz diplomatic correspondent
@ Ruslantrad - Syrian-Bulgarian blogger and analyst of Middle East and North Africa
@ MokedNews - Israeli news list

Posted by Gilad Lotan · Translated by Elizabeth Rivera · View original post [en] · Comments (0)
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