A memorial ceremony was held on Monday at Burgas Airport in Bulgaria, marking the three-year anniversary of the terrorist bombing there in which five Israeli tourists and a Bulgarian bus driver were killed. The still-unidentified perpetrator, who set off a bomb on a bus parked at the airport, also died in the blast. Immediately following the attack, Israel accused the Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah of being responsible for it. Bulgaria also later said that evidence pointed toward Hezbollah's culpability. A year after the bombing, the European Union put Hezbollah's armed wing on its terrorism blacklist. Yaakov Preiss, whose son Elior was killed in the attack, spoke at Monday's ceremony, and called on Europeans to "stop being naive." "Terrorist organizations do not think like you," Preiss said. "Agitators use democracy to incite. This freedom of speech will cause you to lose your children in terrorist attacks."
Burgas bombing victims remembered, 3 years later
Memorial ceremony held at Burgas Airport in Bulgaria to mark anniversary of terrorist bombing there in which five Israeli tourists and a Bulgarian bus driver were killed • Father of one of the Israeli victims calls on Europeans to "stop being naive."
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