“From what we see, they (the perpetrators of the attack) arrived nearly a month beforehand, changed rental cars, and travelled to different cities… and not more than one of the people we are looking for was captured on either security camera,” Borisov said on Tuesday.
More than 30 Israelis were also injured in the bomb attack on a bus carrying Israeli tourists in eastern Bulgaria on July 18.
The explosion occurred at Burgas International Airport on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast, about 400 kilometers (250 miles) east of the Bulgarian capital Sofia.
Borisov said that the bomber’s DNA and fingerprints had not matched ‘anything held on file by Bulgaria or by partner intelligence agencies.’
However, he suggested that the attacker might have entered Bulgaria on a plane from the European Union’s “Schengen” passport-free travel zone.
Israeli and American officials have accused Iran and the Lebanese resistance movement of Hezbollah of carrying out the attack.
Last Thursday, Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast condemned ‘all terrorist activities anywhere in the world’ and rejected the allegations of Iran’s involvement in the Bulgaria attack.
KA/AS/HJL
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