SOFIA: The man who blew up a bus in a Bulgarian Black Sea resort in 2012, killing five Israeli tourists, trained in camps in south Lebanon, the Bulgarian daily Presa said.
The Bulgarian authorities have said Hezbollah was behind the attack at the Burgas Airport, and the European Union last July put the group’s armed wing on its terrorism blacklist over the incident. Hezbollah denies any involvement.
The EU country has named two men of Lebanese origin as suspected accomplices of the bomber, who died during the attack.
“The assailant was born in Algeria, lived in Morocco and was trained in camps in south Lebanon. He also studied at a Beirut university with the other two suspects,” the newspaper said, quoting sources familiar with the investigation who declined to be named.
The Balkan country has identified the suspects as 32-year-old Meliad Farah, also known as Hussein Hussein, an Australian citizen, and 25-year-old Hassan al-Hajj Hassan, a Canadian citizen, both of Lebanese origin.
The Bulgarian prosecutor’s office is preparing an indictment for the attack, but declined to comment on the allegations.
Bulgarian Chief Prosecutor Sotir Tsatsarov said last Friday that there was new information on the bomber, which is likely to broaden the investigation into the attack.
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