Rebecca Dyke, a UK woman working for the British Embassy in Beirut, has been found dead after allegedly being raped and murdered.

Dyke’s body was found on Saturday close to the Metn expressway, in Lebanon‘s capital, Beirut.

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It is reported by Al Jadeed TV that Ms Dykes, who worked for the British Embassy and was in her 30s, had been raped and murdered. Sources have confirmed to the Mirror that Lebanese authorities have now launched a criminal investigation into the circumstances of Ms Dyke’s death.

Ms Dyke’s body has been transferred to the Dahr al-Bashak Hospital for a post-mortem, it has been reported.

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