anti-Syrian Lebanese MP assassinated

The anti-Syrian Lebanese MP Walid Eido and his son were assassinated Wednesday by a massive explosion in their car which killed 10 people

June 13, 2007, 7:54 PM (GMT+02:00)

	Repeat of Hariri murder in Beirut

The blast which ripped through Beirut’s waterfront Manara district also killed Eido’s two bodyguards and injured scores of civilians. Eido belonged to the ruling party headed by Saad Hariri, whose father, former prime minister Rafiq Hariri, was murdered in similar circumstances in 2005. An international tribunal has been set up to prosecute the crime’s suspected perpetrators, including members of the Syrian Assad regime.