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Bulgaria marks 7th anniversary of terrorist attack at Sarafovo Airport

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On July 18 Bulgaria marks the 7th anniversary of the terrorist attack at Sarafovo Airport near Burgas. On July 18, 2012, a bomb exploded in a bus with Israeli tourists. Five Israeli nationals and the Bulgarian bus driver Mustafa Kyosov died in the terrorist attack. The terrorist is the seventh victim of the attack. The tragic accident was marked with a commemorative ceremony in front of the memorial built in the area of the terrorist attack. No people have been sentenced in conection with the bloodshed yet. 




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