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GAZA, Dec 19 (KUNA) -- Israeli police found on Sunday morning the body of
Christine Logan, an American tourist, who was stabbed to death by unknown
assailants near Jerusalem, Israeli Radio said.
Logan went missing on Saturday in the archeological village of Moshav Mota,
south-west of Jerusalem, before the Israeli police launched a search team on
Sunday to find her, it noted.
It further added that police inspectors are currently examining the body
and investigating the circumstances of the incident and whether the victim was
tortured by her perpetrators.
On Saturday night, the Israeli police and security forces launched a
massive manhunt supervised by the Israel Police Inspector-General, Dudi Cohen,
to find the missing tourist.
The search and investigation operations, which lasted till late on
Saturday, were conducted after Kaye Susan Wilson, Logan's friend, reported to
the police that she and Logan were attacked by Arab men.
Wilson, a tour guide, was able to escape her attackers even though she was
seriously stabbed but Logan failed to escape the scene.
The radio pointed out that security forces are currently undertaking
intensive investigations to clarify the nature surrounding this incident. (end)
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