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July 18th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
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Smoke rises over the Burgas airport in Bulgaria, after an explosion on Wednesday.
UPDATED AT 2:01 p.m. ET: SOFIA, Bulgaria — An explosion on a bus carrying Israeli tourists at an airport in Burgas killed at least four people and injured at least 30 others, Bulgarian authorities said.
Bulgarian officials could not confirm the deadly blast was terror-related but Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blamed Iran.
“Iran is responsible for the terror attack in Bulgaria, we will have a strong response against Iranian terror,” said Netanyahu in a statement, according to Haaretz, an Israeli newspaper.
The bus was thought to have just departed Burgas Airport en route to a hotel when the explosion happened.
TV images showed smoke billowing from the scene — a parking lot at the local airport, where the Israeli tourists had apparently just landed.
Several buses and cars were on fire near the shell of the exploded vehicle.
“I do not know what it was, but it was a very powerful blast, and I think it was something placed on purpose in the bus, which carried 47 Israeli tourists,” Burgas mayor Dimitar Nikolov told BTV television.
Nikolov said 171 people had arrived on a plane from Israel to spend their holiday at the Black Sea coast. One American and one Slovenian passenger were on board, he said.
The Jerusalem Post reported that the Israeli tourists had landed at the airport at 4:45 p.m. local time (9:45 a.m. ET).
The Bulgarian Press Office, which provided the casualty figures, said only one bus was involved in the explosion, but added the investigation is ongoing.
Reuters
An explosion damaged a bus carrying Israeli tourists at Burgas Airport in Bulgaria on Wednesday.
According to the Haaretz newspaper, a witness said the bus was ferrying people between terminals and that it went up in flames after the blast.
The blast hit in a parking zone outside the airport where buses were waiting to take tourists to their hotels, the interior ministry said.
Bulgarian police were investigating and could not say at this point what caused the explosion.
Wednesday’s bombing coincided with the 18th anniversary of the bombing of a Jewish community center in Argentina that killed 85 people.
Netanyahu said Israel would respond.
“All the signs lead to Iran. Only in the past few months we have seen Iranian attempts to attack Israelis in Thailand, India, Georgia, Kenya, Cyprus and other places,” Netanyahu said in a statement.
“Eighteen years exactly after the blast at the Jewish community center in Argentina, murderous Iranian terror continues to hit innocent people. This is an Iranian terror attack that is spreading throughout the entire world. Israel will react powerfully against Iranian terror,” he said.
Israeli officials had previously said that Bulgaria, a popular holiday destination for Israeli tourists, was vulnerable to attack by Islamist militants who could infiltrate via nearby Turkey.
Israeli diplomats have been targeted in several countries in recent months by bombers who Israel said struck on behalf of Iran.
Though Tehran has denied involvement, some analysts believe it is trying to avenge the assassinations of several scientists from its controversial nuclear program, which the Iranians have blamed on Israel and its Western allies.
Israel has threatened air strikes against Iran’s nuclear facilities if diplomatic efforts fail to stop Tehran getting nuclear weapons, which it denies it is seeking.
The Israel Airports Authority announced disruptions in flights from Israel and Europe, according to Haaretz.
NBC’s Lawahez Jabari in Jerusalem and Reuters contributed to this report, as did The Associated Press.
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