Israel Matzav

Bulgaria bomber had accomplice?

Al-Arabiya is reporting that the suicide bomber who murdered five Israelis in Bulgaria last Wednesday likely had an accomplice.

An autopsy on a suicide bomber who killed five Israeli tourists and a bus driver in Bulgaria show he was different from an “Arab-looking” suspect cited by witnesses, a doctor said on Sunday.

Galina Mileva, who was involved in the post-mortem examination, told BNT television on Sunday that the man “had a white face, light eyes, and very thick brown hair. The facial bones were shattered in the explosion.”

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Bulgaria’s Pressa newspaper and the bTV channel said the bomber could have had an accomplice who detonated the explosives by cellphone.

A man and his wife who ran a car rental service earlier said they recognized the suspect who came to hire a vehicle. They said he had a wad of 500-euro bills and refused to rent him a car as his U.S. driving license appeared to be a fake.

Bourgas prosecutor Kalina Tchapkanova quoted witnesses as saying the man “spoke English with a slight accent” and appeared to be Arab.

The car rental service owner’s wife Afrodita Petrova said she was sure he was of Arab origin and had a shaven head.

But Bourgas journalist Katia Kassabova from the besove.bg website which carried the first images of the attack said Sunday that “the bomber is not the man who tried to rent the car. He could be an accomplice.

I'm sure he had a lot of other accomplices outside the airport as well.

Labels: Bulgaria, Islamic terrorism, Muslim suicide bombers

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 6:36 PM