Krassimir Mitkov Angelov

Jan 5, 2003 - Krassimir Mitkov Angelov, 32, of Bulgaria, was was one of 23 people killed when two suicide bombers blew themselves up on a pedestrian mall in Tel Aviv's Naveh Sha'anan neighborhood near the old central bus station.

Fatah's Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack, which apparently was assisted by Islamic Jihad.

Angelov was a miner in the small mining town of Zlatograd, but his family persuaded him to quit that job due to the dangerous working conditions underground. After being unemployed for two years, he decided to seek a position as a foreign worker in Israel. He had planned to use the money he earned to launch his own business.

Angelov began working in construction in Israel in November 2001. Until late December 2002, he worked in Jerusalem, but after witnessing the horrific bombing of a bus on Mexico Street, decided to leave the capital, relocating to Tel Aviv only a few days before the twin suicide attack. He last spoke with his family in early January, telling them that he was happy in Tel Aviv, which he believed to be a much safer city.

Angelov's wife Lyudmila still lives in Bulgaria with their seven-year-old daughter, Antonia. Lyudmila said that he was planned to rejoin his family in Zlatograd in May. "The most difficult thing now is to tell our daughter that her father is gone. I am not thinking about myself, but about how the child will stand all this," said Lyudmila, with tears in her eyes.

Dragor, a friend of Angelov's, described him as a quiet man. "He was a good man who was only interested in working to make money for his beloved wife and daughter."

Krassimir Angelov's body was flown home for burial. He is survived by his wife, Lyudmila, and seven-year-old daughter, Antonia.