Born: 1988;

Place of Birth: Lebanon;

Gender: Male;

Nationality: Lebanese, Canadian;

General Info:
Hassan El Hajj Hassan is a Lebanese-Canadian national, guilty of involvement as accomplice in the terrorist attack at the city of Burgas’s airport, in Bulgaria’s southeast, on July 18, 2012.

He is convicted and sentenced in absentia by the Bulgarian Special Criminal Court to life in prison for his role in aiding a suicide bomber who blew up a bus at the Burgas Airport.

The bombing killed five Israeli tourists and a Bulgarian driver at the country’s second-largest airport. In the attack, a man of dual Lebanese-French citizenship blew up a bomb in a backpack he was carrying close to a bus at the airport. The attacker, identified as Mohamad Hassan El Husseini, was killed in the attack.

Prosecutors in the case charged that El-Hajj entered the country months before the assault using fake documents and provided explosives including logistical support to the bomber. He was able to flee the country to an unknown destination.

El-Hajj used forged identification cards printed in Lebanon and the attackers had family links to Hezbollah terrorist group. Also, the bomb used in the assault contained ammonium nitrate which has previously been used by Hezbollah terrorist group.

The Bulgarian Chief prosecutor said last month evidence also showed Hezbollah provided financial and logistical backing for the attack.

However, due to the vast support network Hezbollah and the IRGC enjoy across Europe and the Middle East, it is unlikely he will ever be extradited to face his sentence in Bulgaria.