Stabbed US tourist's body found near Jerusalem

Jerusalem: The body of a female American tourist, bound and with multiple stab wounds, was found today near a road outside Jerusalem, police said.
     
Her friend, an immigrant from the UK, had reported her missing a day earlier after she too was found nearby, also with knife wounds and her hands tied, police said.
    
The two had been hiking in a nearby forest when they were assaulted by two Arab men and her friend was dragged away, she told police yesterday.
    
The woman's disappearance set off a large-scale hunt by police and military in the wooded hills outside Jerusalem.
    
Before the body was found, police had been investigating other scenarios for how the crime might have unfolded. The discovery of the stabbed and bound body, however, reinforced the possibility that militants may have been involved, police said.
    
Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said the dead woman was an American but had no further details. The Israeli press identified the dead woman as Christine Logan. Her hometown was not immediately available.
    
Her friend, according to the press, is Kaye Susan Wilson. Police said there were no signs she had been sexually assaulted or robbed.