Maria Golovnina died of asphyxiation - autopsy

Golovnina, 34, bureau chief for Afghanistan and Pakistan, was declared dead in an Islamabad hospital on Monday after she collapsed in the Reuters news bureau.

Pakistani media reported that the autopsy revealed she had marks on her neck when her body was found. They said the autopsy report had been handed to police for further investigation into Golovnina's death.

Pakistani authorities are conducting a further toxicology report, which is expected to take about a month.

"We fully support Maria's family, the doctors and others who are reviewing her case, and will provide them any information we can," Reuters' parent company Thomson Reuters said in a statement. ■