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| 2012 Bulgaria bus bomber buried at Hezbollah cemetery in Lebanon |
| 2025-04-13 |
| [IsraelTimes] Ex-chief of Lebanese intel agency says he helped negotiate return of remains of terrorist who killed 5 Israelis, Bulgarian bus driver in Burgas The Lebanese-French national who was accused of detonating explosives in a 2012 attack in Bulgaria that killed five Israeli tourists was buried in a cemetery designated for fallen Hezbollah terrorists, said a former Lebanese security official who negotiated the return of his remains. The bomber was identified as Mohammad Hassan El-Husseini, 23. On July 18, 2012, he struck a group of Israeli tourists at Burgas Airport in Bulgaria, killing five Israelis, a Bulgarian bus driver, and injuring nearly 40 others, authorities said. The explosion occurred shortly after the tourists, arriving on a charter flight from Tel Aviv, boarded a bus en route to their hotel. Israeli and Bulgarian authorities blamed the Iranian-backed terror group Hezbollah. El-Husseini was eventually identified through a DNA analysis by Bulgarian Sherlocks working with Israeli, US, and European intelligence agencies. The former head of the Lebanese General Security intelligence agency, Abbas Ibrahim, told The News Agency that Dare Not be Named that he helped negotiate the return of the remains on Thursday on behalf of El-Husseini’s family, who hired a lawyer in Bulgaria to handle the legal proceedings. He was buried Friday, Ibrahim said. El-Husseini had entered Bulgaria days before the bombing using a fake Michigan driver’s license. He was part of a three-man Hezbollah cell operating across Europe, according to Sherlocks. His alleged accomplices — Meliad Farah, an Australian-Lebanese, and Hassan El Hajj Hassan, a Canadian-Lebanese — were charged in absentia in 2016. Both remain on the lam despite international arrest warrants. Investigators said the men traveled through Poland, Romania, and Germany, using fake identities to gather materials for the attack. Intelligence officials believe Hezbollah coordinated their training and logistics. Related: Bulgaria: 2025-04-11 Bulgaria returns body of 2012 bus bomber to Lebanon Bulgaria: 2025-04-03 Bulgaria to put five on trial over deaths of 18 Afghan refugees Bulgaria: 2025-03-23 Study: Nearly a million Israelis live abroad, changing the face of European Jewry Related: Burgas Airport: 2013-02-09 LF Urges Hizbullah to Hand Over Suspects in Bulgaria, Harb, Hariri Cases Burgas Airport: 2013-02-08 Bulgaria says anti-Israeli bomber died by mistake Burgas Airport: 2012-07-24 Bulgarian website names 'US citizen David Jepson' as suspected accomplice in Burgas attack |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #1 Hope this cemetery has plenty of space. |
| Posted by: Grom the Affective 2025-04-13 03:06 |