British tourist shot dead in Honduras Omer Kaya, from Leigh-on-Sea in Essex, was attacked as he took photographs in the city of San Pedro Sula, in Honduras, on Tuesday morning. His business partner Fatma Oksuzer said did not know he had travelled to Honduras, adding: "Omer was a very friendly guy, soft and well-mannered. This is awful. It was reported that he was due to leave Honduras on Friday. Pictures of Mr Kaya's passport posted by the El Heraldo newspaper show that he was due to celebrate his 34th birthday on Sunday. A Foreign Office spokesman said: "We are aware of reports and are looking into them." Violent crime is rife in Honduras. According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, the country has the highest murder rate in the world - 82.1 per 100,000 people in 2010. The increase is due to expanding drug operations by South American drug cartels. San Pedro Sula is often named as the country's most dangerous city, but is frequented by tourists because it lies between Honduras' most popular destinations, Copán Ruínas and the Bay Islands.