Burgas bomber was Swedish citizen of Algerian origin

Jerusalem - The suicide bomber who blew himself up yesterday in a bus in Burgas killing 7 Israeli tourists, has been identified as a Swedish citizen of Finnish-Algerian origin. The news was reported by the Times of Israel quoting Bulgarian press sources. The man was allegedly called Mehdi Ghezali and is thought to have been imprisoned in Guatanamo from 2002 to 2004, after studying in a mosque in Britain and travelling to Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Afghanistan. In 2004 he was handed over to the Swedish authorities who did not bring charges against him. It is thought that Ghezali belonged to a group of 12 people. . . (...)