Bulgaria Official: Blast Suspect Had Fake Michigan Driver’s License
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Obtained by ABC News(BURGAS, Bulgaria) — Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borisov said on Thursday that an explosion on a bus with Israeli tourists in Bulgaria was likely carried out by a suicide bomber who was carrying a fake Michigan driver’s license.
The attack occurred Wednesday on a parking lot outside Burgas Airport in Bulgaria. According to officials, the blast killed seven people, including five Israeli tourists, the Bulgarian bus driver and the suspected suicide bomber. Thirty-two others were wounded in the attack.
Novinite Daily quotes Borisov, saying the terrorist attack in Burgas is most likely the work of a suicide bomber. Borisov said the suspect was carrying a fake Michigan driver’s license but authorities haven’t confirmed whether the American passport on him was fake as well.
The suspected bomber was described as a Caucasian man with long hair and sports attire.
The Bulgarian foreign minister said the suspected bomber was in the country for four to seven days and was approximately 35 years old, according to multiple Bulgarian media outlets.
“From what we could see on the CCTV video cameras, we think it’s a person who was a suicide bomber,” Bulgarian officials in Burgas told ABC News. “The investigation is still going on in close cooperation with the Israelis and Americans.”
The man was filmed walking around the airport for an hour prior to the attack by security cameras on the premises, according to the report. His body sustained the most damage in the blast, leading investigators to believe that he set off a bomb located on his person when he boarded the bus.
Bulgarian police are checking fingerprints with all international databases and analyzing bombers’ DNA to see if they can find a match with the suspected suicide attacker.
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