Bulgarian Court Jails Two Terrorists for Life for 2012 Bus Bombing

Bulgarian Court Jails Two Terrorists for Life for 2012 Bus Bombing
A general view shows the courtroom at the Specialised Criminal Court in Sofia, Bulgaria, on Sept. 21, 2020 Stoyan Nenov/REUTERS
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SOFIA—A Bulgarian court jailed two men of Lebanese origin for life on Monday over a 2012 bus bombing that killed five Israeli tourists and a Bulgarian driver, and has been blamed by Bulgarian authorities on Lebanese Shi'ite Muslim group Hezbollah.

The two men were tried in absentia over the July 18, 2012 attack at Burgas airport on the Black Sea, and their whereabouts is not known. They are not entitled to parole.