Missing UK hiker may have been mauled by animals

A missing British tourist may have been mauled to death and devoured by wild animals while hiking between archaeological sites in northern Greece, authorities said Tuesday after a woman's gnawed body was discovered in a remote hilly area.

Police say the human remains were found Saturday near the village of Petrota, 285 kilometers (180 miles) east of the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki. Near them, authorities found a passport for Celia Lois Hollingworth, 63, whom the British embassy in Athens had reported missing in the area Friday.

"We believe that the body belongs to the missing woman, but can't say so for sure until the remains have been identified," a police official told ΑΠ on condition of anonymity since the official was not authorized to discuss the case.

Coroner Nikos Kifnidis said the cause of death is still unclear as parts of the woman's...