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]
wissam, arabic, وسام, عيد, senior, intelligence, official, within, internal, security, forces, lebanon, charge, technical, aspect, investigations, into, attacks, that, occurred, since, 2004, provided, important, information, international, investigation, into,. 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 Wissam EidBorn 1976 10 02 2 October 1976Deir Ammar LebanonDied25 January 2008 2008 01 25 aged 31 Hazmiyeh LebanonNationalityLebaneseOccupation s Police officer senior terrorism investigator Contents 1 Biography 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksBiography EditEid 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 EditRafic Hariri List of attacks in LebanonReferences Edit Constantine Zoi 4 July 2011 Parents of assassinated Lebanese police captain still hoping for justice The National Retrieved 18 August 2020 Macdonald Neil 21 November 2010 CBC Investigation Who killed Lebanon s Rafik Hariri CBC Retrieved 18 August 2020 Beirut car bomb kills police intelligence officer Reuters 26 January 2008 Retrieved 18 August 2020 Car Bomb Kills a Top Lebanese Terrorism Investigator NY Times 26 January 2008 Retrieved 18 August 2020 External links EditCaptain Wissam Eid Was The Genius Who Crunched The Data Hariri Tribunal Finds Hezbollah Operatives Guilty Excuses Lebanese Terrorist Organization Itself Foreign Policy Magazine Oz Katerji August 19 2020 Everything You Need To Know About The Exposed Cell Networks Behind Hariri s Assassination This Lebanese biographical article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Wissam Eid amp oldid 1151890685, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
