Israelis Killed in Bulgaria Terror Attack: Report

By Haaretz July 18, 2012

Several Israelis were killed and wounded on Wednesday in a terror attack on a tour bus in the Burgus airport in Bulgaria, local media reported.

An Israeli who witnessed the event said that one of the buses that carried Israelis across terminals in the airport blew up and went up in flames.

The Foreign Ministry confirmed that are several casualties were killed in the explosion, however it is unclear if the incident was a terror attack.

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