{"id":140008,"date":"2017-12-18T03:19:35","date_gmt":"2017-12-18T08:19:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=140008"},"modified":"2017-12-18T03:19:35","modified_gmt":"2017-12-18T08:19:35","slug":"lebanon-detains-suspect-in-killing-of-british-embassy-worker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/12\/18\/lebanon-detains-suspect-in-killing-of-british-embassy-worker\/","title":{"rendered":"Lebanon detains suspect in killing of British embassy worker"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The official says the suspect confessed that he had killed the woman whose body was found early on Saturday. (Photo<\/a> by Keith Allison\/Flickr<\/a>, CC BY-SA 2.0<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

BEIRUT\u2014 A Lebanese police official says authorities have detained a man suspected in the killing a British woman who worked at the U.K. Embassy in Beirut.<\/p>\n

The official says the suspect confessed that he had killed the woman whose body was found early on Saturday.<\/p>\n

The official said on Monday that the murder was a “criminal act” and not politically motivated.<\/p>\n

Britain’s Foreign Office had confirmed the death of the embassy staffer, who worked for the Department for international Development. British media and friends identified her as Rebecca Dykes.<\/p>\n

Earlier, a forensics official said she was strangled with a rope and that authorities were investigating whether she was also sexually assaulted.<\/p>\n

The police and the forensics official spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to reporters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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