7 reported killed in terror attack against Israelis in Bulgaria
Haaretz brings you minute-by-minute updates on the deadly attack; witnesses report 20 people wounded; Israeli rescue services en route to country.
Smoke rising from Burgas airport terminal following bus explosion, July 18, 2012.
7:13 P.M.: Burgus Mayor Dimitar Nikolov says explosives were placed in the trunk of the bus.
7:09 P.M.: Bulgarian news agency Novinite.com reports that the Bulgarian president, prime minister, and interior minister have rushed to the site of terror attack.
7:05 P.M.: Magen David Adom is preparing to send a minimal crew of doctors and paramedics to treat the wounded Israelis in Bulgaria. Israel’s Disaster Victim Identification unit is also slated to send a crew.
6:56 P.M.: According to Bulgarian news, 18 Israelis have been evacuated to a local hospital. Hospital sources say they expect more to arrive.
Israel Police are being updated on the situation by the Foreign Ministry and Israel Police in Eastern Europe (Yaniv Kubovitch)
6:54 P.M.: Death count reaches seven, according to Bulgarian television.
6:51 P.M.: Burgas airport closed, flights redirected to airport of Varna, Bulgarian police says (Reuters).
6:40 P.M.: The Bulgarian news network Focus reported that three have been killed and 20 wounded in the attack.
Several reports claim that the explosion was a result of a suicide bombing.
Bulgarian police stated that it was nclear how many dead and wounded there were at the scene, but added that at least 10 fire trucks were fighting the blaze.
6:39 P.M.: Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman spoke with his Bulgarian counterpart, Nickolay Evtimov Mladenov, who is on his way to the scene of the explosion.
Several Israelis were killed and wounded on Wednesday in a terror attack on a tour bus in the Burgus airport in Bulgaria, local media reported.
An Israeli who witnessed the event said that one of the buses that carried Israelis across terminals in the airport blew up and went up in flames.
The Foreign Ministry confirmed that are several Israeli casualties in the explosion.
This is a developing story
7:13 P.M.: Burgus Mayor Dimitar Nikolov says explosives were placed in the trunk of the bus.
7:09 P.M.: Bulgarian news agency Novinite.com reports that the Bulgarian president, prime minister, and interior minister have rushed to the site of terror attack.
7:05 P.M.: Magen David Adom is preparing to send a minimal crew of doctors and paramedics to treat the wounded Israelis in Bulgaria. Israel’s Disaster Victim Identification unit is also slated to send a crew.
6:56 P.M.: According to Bulgarian news, 18 Israelis have been evacuated to a local hospital. Hospital sources say they expect more to arrive.
Israel Police are being updated on the situation by the Foreign Ministry and Israel Police in Eastern Europe (Yaniv Kubovitch)
6:54 P.M.: Death count reaches seven, according to Bulgarian television.
6:51 P.M.: Burgas airport closed, flights redirected to airport of Varna, Bulgarian police says (Reuters).
6:40 P.M.: The Bulgarian news network Focus reported that three have been killed and 20 wounded in the attack.
Several reports claim that the explosion was a result of a suicide bombing.
Bulgarian police stated that it was nclear how many dead and wounded there were at the scene, but added that at least 10 fire trucks were fighting the blaze.
6:39 P.M.: Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman spoke with his Bulgarian counterpart, Nickolay Evtimov Mladenov, who is on his way to the scene of the explosion.
Several Israelis were killed and wounded on Wednesday in a terror attack on a tour bus in the Burgus airport in Bulgaria, local media reported.
An Israeli who witnessed the event said that one of the buses that carried Israelis across terminals in the airport blew up and went up in flames.
The Foreign Ministry confirmed that are several Israeli casualties in the explosion.
This is a developing story
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