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

[Magda Hassan]

Update: Sofia News Agency reports that "Stayko Manev, Police Chief in the Black Sea town of Nessebar has confirmed the authenticity of the photos of the head of the alleged suicide bomber and perpetrator of the July 18 terrorist attack in Bulgaria's Burgas."

Update: Sofia News Agency reports that eyewitnesses say that they saw the suspected bomber at the Sofia airport on July 10 between 10:40 am and 11:20 am.


According to Sofia News Agency, Bulgarian Minister of Economy, Energy and Tourism Delyan Dobrevhas announced that "Bulgarian tour operators who work with Israeli tourists will undergo special training to detect terrorists"


Agence France Presse reports that "Bulgarian Tourism Minister Delian Dobrev said on Tuesday forensic experts were close to producing an image of the suicide bomber." In addition, Dobrev was quoted as saying that "The investigation into the attack is making progress and we have succeeded in recreating 95 percent of the face of the murderer…Within a few days you will receive full pictures of the terrorist, those who sent him and his accomplices."

Update: On Monday Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak appeared on CNN's The Situation Room.During his interview, Barak said that "We are confident without any doubt about the responsibility of Hezbollah to the actual execution of the operation, operations planning and execution." He followed this by saying that "We have direct hard evidence. I'm confident we shared it with your intelligence, we debriefed them with a few others. So I have no doubt and it of course for obvious reason we cannot share the exact evidence."

Update: The Associated Press reports that "Bulgarian police on Wednesday released a computer-generated image of the suicide attacker involved in the bombing in Bulgaria that killed five Israeli tourists and a Bulgarian bus driver two weeks ago." Relatedly, Sofia News Agency reports that "The computer-generated image of the suicide attacker involved in the bombing in Bulgaria that killed five Israeli tourists and a local bus driver, has been verified 95%, the interior minister said."

In currently unrelated news, Sofia News Agency reports that Bulgaria "border police have caught an Iranian hidden in a car at the Bulgarian Kapitan Andreevo Border Point with Turkey."

Update: Sofia News Agency reports that "Bulgaria has asked all INTERPOL member countries to make public a computer generated image of the suspected terrorist responsible for the bombing attack on an Israeli tour bus outside Burgas Airport in Bulgaria."

Update: Sofia News Agency reports that "The Regional Prosecutor's Office in the Bulgarian Black Sea city of Burgas has asked a number of countries to trace possible cell phone contacts of the suspected terrorist responsible for the bombing attack on an Israeli tour bus." The report adds that "authorities have found a SIM card on the crime scene believed to have belonged to the perpetrator." According to Sofia News Agency, "The investigators hope to use the phone logs to shed more light on the attacker, his possible ties with some organization and his travels."