Born: 1999;

Place of Birth: Bulgaria;

Gender: Male;

Nationality: Bulgarian;

General Info:
Mohammed Abdulqader is a Bulgarian citizen born to a Bulgarian mother and Syrian father, had participated in terrorist activities in Syria.

Abdulqader was born in Bulgaria’s capital Sofia in 1999, but spent part of his childhood in Aleppo, Syria, where his father had a booming business with wedding halls, cafes and shoe manufacturing.

He is the first person to be tried in Bulgaria for “terrorist activity abroad” under Law 108A of the Bulgarian criminal code.

According to the prosecution, Abdulqader has been in Syria multiple times since 2015, where he has fought alongside different terrorist groups. He published four photos of the accused wearing military uniform, holding various weapons and pointing a finger towards the sky.

The prosecution claimed that Abdulqader had a “secret” social media profile under the name “Mohammed, the Jihadi” and that there was a secret witness against him.

Abdulqader has been recruited by his father, who is a leader of a terrorist organisation, but he did not pose a direct threat to the national security.

Various pundits speculated on Bulgarian television that Abdulqader and his father were involved with the Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist group.