At least 7 killed in Bulgaria attack against Israelis. Witnesses report 20 people wounded

While Israeli media and Islamists rejoicing killing Syrian Defense Minister General Daoud Rajha along with his deputy General Assef Shawkat, who is President Bashar al-Assad’s brother in law, the bad news hit Isreal and brothers of America.

Accordind to Haartz, at least 7 killed in  Bulgaria attack against Israelis. Witnesses report 20 people wounded; Israeli rescue services en route to country.
 

Haaretz brings you minute-by-minute updates on the deadly attack;

Explosion tears through Israeli tour bus in terminal at Sarafovo Airport in Burgas; over 20 people injured. Israeli mission en route to area to assist authorities

At least seven people were killed and over 20 others injured Wednesday, in a terror attack on a bus carrying Israelis in Burgas, some 400 kilometers east of the Bulgarian capital of Sofia.

Bulgarian media reported that the explosion took place while the bus was still in the terminal of Sarafovo Airport.
 Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman has called for a situation assessment following the attack. He was also briefed on the available details by Bulgarian FM Nikolay Mladenov.

Israel confirms attack on citizens in Bulgaria

(AFP)–

JERUSALEM — Israeli officials on Wednesday confirmed that Israeli citizens were targeted in an attack on tourists at Bulgaria's Burgas airport, which Bulgarian ministry sources said left three people dead.

"What we know is that sometime close to 5:00 pm there was a flight that landed in Burgas, the passengers went onto a bus and then there was an explosion that we don't know the source of," said Ilana Stein, deputy spokeswoman for the Israeli foreign ministry.

"What we know is that there are casualties and probably not only injured but also dead. We know that some were Israelis but we don't know if all of them were," she told AFP.

Ofir Gendelman, a spokesman for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, also confirmed the incident.

"Apparently there was an attack on a bus carrying Israelis at Burgas airport in Bulgaria. A bus carrying Israeli citizens was shot at and an explosive device was thrown," he told AFP.

"The number of people injured is unknown," he added.

The Bulgarian interior ministry said three people were killed and more than 20 injured in a blast on a bus at Bulgaria's Black Sea airport.

"Three people were killed and over 20 injured," an interior ministry press officer told AFP, adding that "their nationality is yet to be determined."

State BNR radio reported that an explosion hit a bus carrying Israelis at the Black Sea airport, adding that two more buses also caught fire.

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