At the time of the attack, Eid was also the top Lebanese investigator into the assassination of Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri.[26] Tripoli bus bombing (August 13) – A bomb targeting a civilian bus in Tripoli killed 16 people, including 7 Lebanese soldiers.[27] Saleh Aridi assassination (September 10) – Saleh Aridi, a pro-Syrian Druze politician of the Lebanese Democratic Party, was killed by a car bomb.[28] Tripoli car bomb (September 29) – A car bomb destroyed a bus in Tripoli, killing 5 soldiers and injuring 35 others.[29]