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Pregnant woman named among Israelis killed in Bulgaria

July 20, 2012 09:09
The scene at Burgas airport

ByJennifer Lipman, Jennifer Lipman

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Funerals are to be held for the five Israeli tourists who were killed when their bus exploded at a Bulgarian airport.

The bodies of the victims have been flown to Israel. Among the dead was Kochava Shriki, a 42-year-old from Rishon Letzion, who was travelling with her husband when they discovered they were expecting a child. Four other men Amir Menashe and Itzik Kolangi, both 28, and Maor Harush, 24, and Elior Price, 25, were also named as victims, along with the Bulgarian coach driver.

Thirty-three people who were wounded in the blast, for which Israel has blamed Iran, were also flown back to Israel to receive further treatment.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed that Israel would “pursue the attackers and extract a heavy price from those who sent them”.