7 reported dead in explosion on bus carrying Israelis in Bulgaria

U eksploziji autobusa sa izraelskim turistima ima 7 mrtvih

July 18, 2012,  (JTA) i  Ynet 19.7.2012 /slike/

 At least seven passengers reportedly were killed in an explosion on a bus carrying Israeli tourists in Bulgaria in what is being described as a terrorist attack.

Najmanje sedam putnika je ubijeno u eksploziji u autobusu koji je vozio izraelske turiste u Bugarskoj-što je opisano kao teroristički napad.

Izraelski i bugarski izvori javljaju da je najmanje sedam ljudi ubijeno u srijedu poslije podne u Saratovu, aerodromu u Burgasu, gradu na obali Crnog mora koje je popularno kod   izraelskih  turista.
Najmanje 33 putnika su odvezena u bolnicu, a devet se smatra nestalima, javlja bugarska agencija Novinite.com..

Eksplozija je pogodila jedan od tri autobusa  koji su bili na turi sa Izraelcima , javljaju izraelski izvori.U autobusu je bilo oko 40 osoba, koje su neki mediji opisali kao "Izraelsku mladež". Eksplozija se dogodila dok je autobus , koji je trebao povesti turiste u hotel, bio još na terminalu. neke vijesti govore da se  je samoubilački bombaš ukrcao u autobus dok je primao izraelske turiste na terminalu. Drugi citiraju  načelnika Burgasa Dimitra Nikolova  ,koji ja kazao da je eksplozija bila u  autobusnom dijelu za prtljagu.

Eksplozija se dogodila na 18 - godišnjicu terorističkog napada na AMIA židovski centar u Buenos Airesu kada je ubijeno 85 ljudi.

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"All signs point to Iran," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said. "In just the past few months we've seen Iran try to target Israelis in Thailand, Indian, Georgia, Cyprus and more. ...

"This is clearly a terrorist attack initiated probably by Hezbollah, Hamas, Islamic Jihad or another group under the terror auspices of either Iran or other radical Islamic groups. We are in a continual fight against them. We are determined to identify who sent them, who perpetrated [the attack], and to settle the account,” Israel's Defense Minister Ehud Barak said.

The White House condemned the attack. The United States "condemns such attacks on innocent people, especially children, in the strongest possible terms," ...

Bulgarian Foreign Minister Nikolay Mladenov condemned the attack and vowed to find the perpetrators. "Bulgaria will do everything in its power to clarify the causes of this terrible incident," he said."The Bulgarian government strongly condemns this aggression and terrorism," Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov said, according to the FOCUS News Agency. "Such a horrible act committed on the territory of a sovereign country, ..., is a . I am convinced that the Bulgarian and the Israeli nations will get stronger and more united after this tragedy.”...

Israel suspended all flights bound for Bulgaria, Croatia, Serbia, Greece, South Africa, Thailand, Turkey and Azerbaijan following the attack, and flights headed from Bulgaria to Israel were delayed, according to Ynet.

The mayor of the Bulgarian capital of Sofia, home to nearly 5,000 J ews,

ordered stepped up police patrols of areas linked to the Jewish

community, according to reports.