Tourist Bus Bombed Israel, Iran accused

At least six people were killed and many others wounded in an attack on a bus carrying Israelis in an airport in Bulgaria Black Sea area, Wednesday (07/18/2012), officials said. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that "all signs point to Iran". Netanyahu's remarks came after an official in Jerusalem said the bus carrying Israelis in the airport in Burgas is shot and thrown explosives. "Israel will retaliate hard on terror Iran," Netanyahu said. "In recent months, we see Iran's efforts to harm the people of Israel in Thailand, India, Georgia, Kenya, Cyprus, and other places." The attack, which first occurred in the region of Bulgaria against Israel, also sparked strong criticism from allies of Israel, the U.S., and France. White House spokesman Jay Carney told reporters that the U.S. condemned such attacks against innocent people, especially children. The attack was carried out on the 18th anniversary of the attack on a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires in 1994 that killed 85 people and wounding 300. Israel also accuses Iran of responsibility for the attack in 1994. However, Tehran has denied the allegations and in turn accused Israel of masterminding the murder of Iranian nuclear scientists in recent years. "Six people were killed and over 30 injured in an explosion at a tourist bus near the airport Sarafovo (in Burgas)," Bulgarian Foreign Ministry said. "The Government of Bulgaria to investigate the theory that it was a terrorist attack." Burgas Mayor Dimitar Nikolov, who was at the airport at the time, said the blast destroyed the bus when the tourists coming from Israel is on the rise and put their belongings in the trunk space, which is suspected as a bomb was hidden. "I can not say whether it was an act of terrorism. Explosion was very powerful and in my opinion is caused by a deliberate tool set," Nikolov said. A number of sources cited television and news agency BGNES LSD mentions that the death toll of seven people. The explosion occurred at 14.00 GMT (21.00 pm) at the bus carrying Israelis who recently arrived in Burgas, the second largest city of the Bulgaria Black Sea coast, and the resulting fire spread to two other buses, the ministry said. Black smoke billowing at the airport, the ministry said it was closed after the incident. Television also showed a number of ambulances carrying victims to the hospital and the women who weep. Israel and Bulgaria have good relations and the Black Sea coast was a popular vacation spot for the people of Israel, and nearly 140,000 people visited the country in 2011.