Update 2: Blame it on Iran: ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER SAYS SIGNS THAT IRAN BEHIND BURGAS BOMBING -RTRS
Update: According to BurgasInfo.com [5] not one but two buses were blown up. Unclear if the second one was also carrying Israeli tourists.
According to Bulgarian press Sega.bg [6], and confirmed by other wire sources, a bus with 40 Israeli tourists was "blown up" at 5:30 pm local time at the local airport of the seaside town of Bourgas. Sega says that according to BTV "it is an assassination attempt." The bomb was located in the trunk of a white bus with Israel tourists from Israel who were en route to the seaside town of Sunny Beach according to an airport source. The mayor of the city, Dimitar Nikolov confirmed the news according to Sega. Furthermore, according to the airport's website, an Air Via flight from Tel Aviv landed at 4:50 pm local time. The shock wave was so large it also exploded two neighboringing buses located in the arrival area of the airport. The number of casualties is currently unknown, but at least three people are dead according to the local police, with dozens wounded. Sega adds "the flames are huge with three firetrucks on the scene and seven ambulances driving out charred people."
A picture of the event via BurgasInfo.com [5]
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More from Reuters:
- ISRAELI WITNESS IN PHONE INTERVIEW WITH ISRAELI ARMY RADIO SAYS BURGAS EXPLOSION PROBABLY CAUSED BY SUICIDE BOMBER AT ENTRANCE TO BUS
- POLICE SAY BURGAS AIRPORT CLOSED, FLIGHTS REDIRECTED TO AIRPORT OF VARNA