Wissam Eid
Born(1976-10-02)2 October 1976
Deir Ammar, Lebanon
Died25 January 2008(2008-01-25) (aged 31)
Hazmiyeh, Lebanon
NationalityLebanese
Occupation(s)Police officer, senior terrorism investigator

Wissam Eid (Arabic: وسام عيد) was a senior intelligence official within the Internal Security Forces of Lebanon. He was in charge of the technical aspect of the investigations into the attacks that occurred since 2004, and had provided important information to the international investigation into the assassination of the former prime minister Rafic Hariri.[1][2]

Biography

Eid was born 2 October 1976 in Deir Ammar, near Tripoli. Son of an officer of the Lebanese ISF, he studied in Tripoli, then he obtained an engineering diploma in computer information systems from the University of Balamand in 1999.

On 25 January 2008 at 10 a.m., despite his armoured vehicle, a car bomb attack containing an explosive charge of at least 50 kg of explosives killed him, along with his bodyguard and two civilians, and injured dozens of people. The attack occurred in the suburb of Hazmiyeh.[3][4]

See also

References

  1. ^ Constantine, Zoi (4 July 2011). "Parents of assassinated Lebanese police captain still hoping for justice". The National. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  2. ^ Macdonald, Neil (21 November 2010). "CBC Investigation: Who killed Lebanon's Rafik Hariri?". CBC. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Beirut car bomb kills police intelligence officer". Reuters. 26 January 2008. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  4. ^ "Car Bomb Kills a Top Lebanese Terrorism Investigator". NY Times. 26 January 2008. Retrieved 18 August 2020.

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