Canada, Australia release information on Hezbollah's involvement in Burgas attack

Bulgarian Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov declared on Friday that Canada and Australia provided Bulgaria with information stating that Hezbollah funded the attack which targeted Israelis in Burgas on July 18, 2012.            

In an interview with 24 Chasa daily, the Minister said that the European Police still have to identify the funding activity and bank transfers.                     

On Tuesday February 5th 2013, the Bulgarian authorities said that two individuals with links to Hezbollah were involved in a bomb attack on a bus in the Bulgarian resort of Burgas that killed five Israeli tourists, their Bulgarian driver and the bomber on July 2012.              

Following the incident, Israel blamed the attack in the Black Sea city on Iran and Hezbollah.           

Both Hezbollah and Tehran denied responsibility and accused Israel of plotting and carrying out the blast.              

The Netherlands said in August that the EU should follow the lead of the United States, which designated Hezbollah as a terrorist organization in the 1990s, a move that would enable the EU to freeze Hezbollah's assets in Europe.