Wissam Eid | |
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Born | Deir Ammar, Lebanon | 2 October 1976
Died | 25 January 2008 Hazmiyeh, Lebanon | (aged 31)
Cause of death | Assassination by car bomb |
Nationality | Lebanese |
Occupation(s) | Police officer, senior terrorism investigator |
Wissam Eid (Arabic: وسام عيد; 2 October 1976 – 25 January 2008) was a Lebanese police officer and senior intelligence official. He is best known for providing vital information about the assassination of Lebanese prime minister Rafic Hariri to an international investigation on the assassination. However, Eid was assassinated by a car bomb in Beirut on 25 January 2008.