Eido was assassinated just three days after the UN Security Council Resolution 1757 came into effect , mandating the establishment of a hybrid Lebanese-international tribunal to investigate suspects of the Hariri assassination and other similar attacks . He was the seventh anti-Syrian politician and third member of the Lebanese parliament killed since the assassination of Rafik Hariri on 14 February 2005 . The death of Walid Eido reduced then March 14 alliance 's parliamentary majority to 68 out of 126 MPs total . The assassination was condemned by the UN Security Council
the Hariri assassination
Assassination of Rafic Hariri
Walid Eido