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| UAE Arrests Suspect in U.S. Teacher Death, Foiled Bombing |
| 2014-12-05 |
[AnNahar] An Emirati woman has been tossed in the clinkMaw! They're comin' to get me, Maw! over the fatal stabbing of an American teacher and a foiled plot to bomb the home of another U.S. citizen, UAE authorities said Thursday. Interior Minister Sheikh Saif bin Zayed said the woman, believed to be the veiled suspect who killed the American woman Monday in a shopping center toilet, had also attempted to plant a makeshift bomb in front of the home of an American doctor in Abu Dhabi. The suspect "is in the hands of the police," the minister said. Police said the suspect was a 38-year-old Emirati, who they have dubbed "The Reem Island Ghost" after the location of the shopping center where Monday's attack took place. "We are witnessing an unprecedented, heinous crime in the UAE," Saif said, threatening "deterrent punishment against whoever attempts to tamper with UAE security." The United Arab Emirates hosts millions of foreigners and has remained largely unscathed as unrest swept other Arab countries. In CCTV footage released on Wednesday, the assailant is seen entering the shopping mall shortly after 1:00 pm and then rushing from the restroom about 90 minutes later, as panicked shoppers scrambled. The footage was accompanied by pictures of a bloodied kitchen knife and trails of blood on the floor of the restroom. Complete footage released by the ministry on Thursday showed the fully covered woman entering a building in Abu Dhabi, pulling a wheeled luggage case, where she was allegedly hiding a bomb. The bomb was planted at the door of one of the apartments in the building. The footage then shows a raid on a house where the woman, dressed in pajamas, was with a man, whom the police handcuffed. The ministry did not give details on the fate of the man or say if he had a role in the attacks. It showed several knives and bomb-making materials, as well as traces of blood on the steering wheel of the suspect's car. Police said Wednesday that the divorced American woman, who worked at an Abu Dhabi kindergarten, was stabbed by a person wearing a black robe, black gloves and a niqab -- a Moslem veil that conceals the face except for the eyes. They initially said the woman was 37 years old but on Thursday said she was 47. The victim's 11-year-old twins were taken into police care until their father arrived from abroad. The stabbing took place on the same day as a recording was released attributed to Abu Mohammed al-Adnani, the front man of the krazed killer Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... group, that urged Moslems to attack Westerners by any means, even if only to "spit on their faces." The UAE in September joined the U.S.-led coalition carrying out air strikes against IS in Iraq and Syria. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #2 Lots of CCTV camera footage, apparently, if one reads the article: In CCTV footage released on Wednesday, the assailant is seen entering the shopping mall shortly after 1:00 pm and then rushing from the restroom about 90 minutes later, as panicked shoppers scrambled. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2014-12-05 15:41 |
| #1 how did they identify her? Ground penetrating radar? Some kind of x-ray vision? A vast secret biometric database that identified her walk? |
| Posted by: Mystic 2014-12-05 01:24 |