Bus with Israeli tourists on way to airport in Bulgaria bombed.

[Magda Hassan]

Update: The Daily Mail reports that "British agents are examining the DNA of a suspected suicide bomber who blew up six people in a Bulgarian holiday resort to determine if he came from the UK."


The same report provides interesting details related to the suspected bomber seen in earlier CCTV footage.

CCTV footage initially released of the suspected bomber pictured moments before the explosion showed a casually dressed tall, white man carrying a large black backpack.

But Dr Kosyo Yankov who took part in the autopsy of the attacker said the body parts suggested a heavy man, weighing over 15 stone, who has nothing to do with the slim man caught by the security cameras at the Bourgas airport.'

The reassembled head of the bomber is also to be sent to the Bulgarian capital Sofia shortly to be examined by anthropologists, who hope to determine his nationality and origins from it.

In related news, Sofia News Agency reports that "Bivol.bg has published photos of the head of the alleged suicide bomber and perpetrator of the July 18 terrorist attack in Bulgaria's Burgas." The authenticity of the photos has not been verified.


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