BEIRUT, Lebanon — 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, a former Lebanese security official who negotiated the return of his remains says.
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 Hezbollah terror group.
The former head of the Lebanese General Security intelligence agency, Abbas Ibrahim, tells The Associated Press that he negotiated the return of the remains on Friday on behalf of El-Husseini’s family. He was buried the same day, Ibrahim says.
Times of Israel staff contributed.
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