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Terrorism In Bulgaria

Bulgaria appeases US, Israel on bus probe: Op-Ed

The Bulgarian government on Tuesday made a mockery of its political independence by publicly implicating Lebanon's Hezbollah in last year's attack on an Israeli bus in the resort city of Burgas, despite the fact that its "Official investigation is still going on" Ref. Source 5

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Bulgaria now says Hezbollah's role in bus bombing unproven:

Bulgaria said on Wednesday it only had an "Indication" That Lebanon's Hezbollah might have been behind a deadly bus bombing in July and that this alone did not justify any European Union move to list it as a terrorist group. Ref. Source 5

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Bulgaria arrests Frenchman linked to Charlie Hebdo attackers

Bulgarian authorities say they have arrested a French citizen believed to have links to one of the brothers suspected of the terror attack against satirical newspaper "Charlie Hebdo" In Paris which killed 12 people on Wednesday, AFP and the Associated Press report. Darina Slavova, regional prosecutor of the southern province of Haskovo, said Fritz-Joly Joachin, 29, had two European arrest warrants issued against him, including one for participating in a criminal organization with a terrorist aim, according to the Associated Press. Speaking on the private Nova TV channel, Slavova said the warrant cited his possible association with one of the attackers, Cherif Kouachi. Ref. USAToday