Bulgaria expels visiting Hamas delegation

February 16, 2013 03:02

Al Jazeera: Bulgaria has ordered three visiting Palestinian politicians from Hamas to leave the country, saying they posed a security risk to the EU member state. The expulsion on Friday came a week after Bulgaria blamed Hezbollah, a Lebanese group, for a bomb attack in the Black Sea city of Burgas last July.

That attacked killed five Israeli tourists and a Bulgarian driver, fuelling an EU debate over whether the Lebanese group should be blacklisted alongside Hamas.

The European Union, like the United States, has branded Hamas a "terrorist group" for attacks on Israelis since the mid-1990s. Bulgaria's National Security Service said Friday's move was a "preventive measure".

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