Local police suggest Rebecca Dykes, whose body was reportedly found on the side of a motorway, was murderedA woman who worked at the UK embassy in Beirut has been found dead. Her body was found without any identity papers on the Metn highway, which leads out of Beirut to the north-east suburbs. The British ambassador to Lebanon, Hugo Shorter, tweeted: “The whole embassy is deeply shocked, saddened by this news. She had previously worked as an Iraq research analyst with the Foreign Office. A Foreign Office spokesman said: “Following the death of a British woman in Beirut, we are providing support to the family.

Source: The Guardian December 17, 2017 17:16 UTC