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Man arrested over murder of British diplomat in Lebanon was an Uber driver

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Rebecca Dykes, a British diplomat in Lebanon, was found murdered near a motorway outside of Beirut on Saturday morning. The man suspected of murdering her is an Uber driver and has been identified only as “Tareq H.” Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency has said that the suspect attempted to rape her, strangled her, and then dumped her body on the road. A spokesperson for Uber told Business Insider “We are horrified by this senseless act of violence…. We are working with authorities to assist their investigation in any way we can.” Ex-Pat journalists in Beirut reported that many young women rely on Uber at night to stay safe also that Lebanon is a relatively safe place for foreigners and that many are shocked by the the death of Miss Dykes.

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