SECURING CAR PARKS, CONCOURSES, THE MEETER AND GREETERS: FIVE YEARS AFTERTHE BURGAS BOMBING

摘要

On 18 July 2012, an improvised explosive device (IED) detonated on a passenger bus at Burgas Airport in Bulgaria. The alleged perpetrator had a bomb comprising of 2-3kg of TNT powder in a rucksack and reportedly placed it in the luggage compartment of the vehicle. The device detonated whilst the bus was stationary and the vehicle caught fire. The bus was transporting 42 Israelis, mainly youths, whose flight had landed from Tel Aviv and who were about to make the journey from the airport to their hotels. The explosion killed the perpetrator, five Israeli passengers and the Bulgarian bus driver, and injured a further 35 people. The attacker was identified as Mohamad Hassan El-Husseini of dual Lebanese-French citizenship. Husseini's two accomplices allegedly had links to Hezbollah.