US Citizen Suspected Accomplice in Burgas Terror Attack - Report

The image of the supposed accomplice of the terror attack, as circulated by Israeli media. Photo by BGNES

Bulgarian police are looking after a supposed accomplice of the suicide bomber who detonated an explosion in the Bulgarian city of Burgas Wednesday.

The attacker killed himself, 5 Israeli tourists, and their Bulgarian driver, and sent dozens badly wounded to hospital.

Bulgarian police have not yet identified the perpetrator, but say they have a lot of evidence gathered.

According to a information by the Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs quoted by world media Saturday, police are now looking for a supposed accomplice.

Israeli media have published an image of the presumed accomplice, saying they had sources saying that was a US citizen named David Jepson.

The presumed suicide bomber was carrying on himself a fake Michigan driver's license with an address in Louisiana.

Bulgaria FM 'Refutes' Al Qaeda Responsibility for Burgas Attack

The Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has refuted information from Israeli papers that the organization Qaedat al-Jihad has assumed responsibility for Wednesday's terrorist attack in Burgas.

This has been stated by Foreign Affairs Ministry spokeswoman Vesela Cherneva to Bulgaria's Focus Information Agency.

Earlier Saturday, Israeli papers the Israel Times and Yedioth Ahronoth stated that Qaedat al-Jihad, or Base of Jihad, had assumed responsibility via an e-mail to Lebanese paper Elnashra.

The organization, possibly an Al Qaeda unit, allegedly stated it organized the Burgas suicide bombing attack, which claimed the lives of 7, and vowed to pursue further acts of terror against Israel, the US and their allies.

In case the terrorist act has been organized by Al Qaeda, that would render less plausible claims by senior Israel statesmen, including President Shimon Peres and PM Benjamin Netanyahu that Hezbollah and Iran are responsible for the attack.