Terror hits EU soil: Blast hits Israeli tourist bus in Bulgaria

EurActiv and other news sources reported a terrorist attack at the Bulgarian airport of Burgas on the 18 July 2012 when a terrorist activated a bomb inside a bus packed with tourists freshly arrived from Israel for holidays in the Bulgarian Black Sea coast, killing at least eight and wounding 30.

EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said she was 'appalled' and 'deeply shocked' by the attack.

BBC News, 19.7.12: Israeli tourist attack: Bulgaria shows 'bomber' on CCTV http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18909642

Deutsche Welle, 19.7.12: Bulgarian bombing highlights security gaps http://www.dw.de/dw/article/0,,16110179,00.html

Spiegel Online International, 19.7.12: Bulgaria Says Bombing Was Likely a Suicide Attack http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/israel-accuses-iran-of-bus-attack-in-bulgaria-a-845269.html

EU: EEAS: Press Release, A 335/12: Statement by High Representative Catherine Ashton on the killing of Israeli tourists in Bulgaria http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_Data/docs/pressdata/EN/foraff/131853.pdf

European Commission: RAPID: MEMO/12/581: Statement by EU Commissioner Cecilia Malmström on the terrorist attack in Burgas, Bulgaria http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/12/581&format=PDF&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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