According to initial reports she is reported to have been stabbed several times and her jewellery was also found missing.

The rurse and her husband who hail from the Indian state of Kerala were both working at Badr al Samaa hospital in Salalah.

An official from Badr al Samaa told Muscat Daily that the victim's body was found by her husband on Wednesday night.

The victim was supposed to report for duty at night but when she didn't show up at work her husband went to their apartment to check on her. "We don't know the motive of the crime but it looks like robbery. Police has sealed the property and is investigating the matter" the official said.