U.S. Diplomat Found Dead In Cyprus
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NICOSIA, Cyprus — A senior U.S. diplomat who disappeared four days ago with his car was found dead today on Cyprus in a rural area outside the capital, officials said. Thomas Mooney had served as military attache in Cyprus since June 2006. An official indicated that he committed suicide. A police statement said an autopsy showed Lt. Col. Thomas Mooney bled to death from a cut to the throat. A Cypriot official involved in the autopsy, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media, said the diplomat “had a wound in the neck which is compatible with self-infliction.”
“There is no evidence of foul play,” the official said.
The State Department said there was no indication of terrorist involvement.
Mooney, 45, who was married with children, disappeared Thursday. Cyprus Police Chief Iakovos Papacostas said the body was found about 150 yards from the car in the rural Lefka area, around 30 miles west of the capital, Nicosia. The embassy is located in the Greek-speaking sector of Nicosia.
