Body Found in Eastern Lebanon Thought to be Missing British Journalist
British experts searching for the body of journalist Alec Collett, who was kidnapped and killed 25 years ago, recovered human remains outside the eastern town of Aita al-Fakhar, An Nahar reported Wednesday.
Medical examiner Ali Salman said two decomposed bodies have been found in craters within a distance of 20 meters.
Security sources in Lebanon said that the two bodies were sent to Beirut for DNA analysis.
Collett went missing in 1985 at the height of Lebanon”s civil war and was reported to have been killed a year later.
Sixty-four years old at the time, he was on assignment in refugee camps for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) near Beirut airport when taken hostage.
The Abu Nidal Organization (ANO), an offshoot of the Palestinian Fatah Movement, claimed responsibility for the abduction and killing.