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JERUSALEM | Wed Jul 18, 2012 1:13pm EDT

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday blamed Iran for a bomb blast which killed at least three people in the Bulgarian resort of Burgas and said Israel would respond.

"All the signs lead to Iran. Only in the past few months we have seen Iranian attempts to attack Israelis in Thailand, India, Georgia, Kenya, Cyprus and other places," Netanyahu said in a statement.

"Eighteen years exactly after the blast at the Jewish community center in Argentina, murderous Iranian terror continues to hit innocent people. This is an Iranian terror attack that is spreading throughout the entire world. Israel will react powerfully against Iranian terror," he said.

(Writing by Ori Lewis; Editing by Louise Ireland)
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Brazilian1 wrote:
Could you please let me know exactly where the blast took place? How many injured or killed?

I have to interpret then Israeli’s pm words in order to understand the attack was probably aimed at kiling Israelis, but could you please clarify.

Come on, boys, are you journalists or what…

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