Lebanon detains Uber driver suspected of murdering British embassy worker: security source

A Lebanese Uber driver with a criminal record has confessed to the killing of a British woman who worked at the British Embassy in Beirut, a Lebanese security source said on Monday. The security source said preliminary investigations into the murder of Rebecca Dykes showed the motive was purely criminal, not political, and that the suspect had immediately confessed to the crime, which took place early on Saturday. A spokesman for Uber said in an email: "We are horrified by this senseless act of violence.

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