What is Walid Eido?
'''Walid Eido''' (in [[Arabic language|Arabic]]: وليد عيدو) ([[Beirut]], 1942 - Beirut, June 13, 2007) was a [[Lebanon|Lebanese]] man who worked for the [[Parliament of Lebanon|Lebanese Parliament]], a government building in [[Beirut]]. He died with his son on June 13, 2007, with eight other people, when a bomb blew up just outside a famous [[amusement park]]. This was at the waterside of north Beirut. ==His early life== Walid Eido was [[Sunni]] [[Muslim]]. He was born in the Bachoura area of Beirut. He finished his studies at the [[Lebanese University]] in 1966. In the late 1990s, he worked for the Lebanese law of north Lebanon, but, in the year 2000, he quit to go into political life with Mr. Rafic Hariri and to be in the Lebanese parliament. Later on, he worked for the Lebanese Parliament. He used to belong to [[Al-Murabitun]] militant group at the time of the Lebanese civil war, he left the Murabitun when this group starts to expand and take bad members in. ==Personal life== Eido was married with three sons named Khaled, Zaher and Mazen. Eido was a good swimmer and the bomb exploded outside his favorite Beirut beach resort, Sporting Club. {{DEFAULTSORT:Eido, Walid}} [[Category:1942 births]] [[Category:2007 deaths]] [[Category:Assassinated Lebanese people]] [[Category:Lebanese Muslims]] [[Category:Lebanese politicians]] [[Category:People from Beirut]]