Bulgaria bus attack accomplice at large

According to the report, the suspect identified as James Jefferson, is a US citizen who had traveled to Bulgarian port city of Varna last month and stayed at a hotel for several days before police lost his track.

The local police are still trying to identify the suicide bomber who carried out and was killed in the lethal attack on the tourist bus.

At least seven people were killed and more than 30 others injured in an explosion on a bus carrying Israeli tourists in the eastern Bulgarian city of Burgas on Wednesday, 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, the Israeli daily Haaretz reported.

According to Israeli officials, the explosion took place as the Israeli tourists from a Tel Aviv-Burgas flight were boarding the bus to go to their hotels.

No group has claimed responsibility for the blast so far and the cause of the incident is still under investigation.

The southeastern European country is a popular tourist destination for Israelis.

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