Suspect Held In Fatal Stabbing Of US Teacher Ibolya Ryan In Abu Dhabi

A female suspect has been arrested for the fatal stabbing of an American teacher in the toilets of an upmarket shopping mall in Abu Dhabi, say officials.

The unnamed woman also planted a bomb outside the house of a US doctor, though the device was defused, the United Arab Emirates interior minister told state media.

Police say the teacher was stabbed to death by an attacker wearing the full black veil commonly wo by women throughout the Gulf Arab region.

The victim was 37-year-old Ibolya Ryan, of Colorado, who was the mother of 11-year-old twins, according to the Footprints Recruiting firm that had placed her in the position.

A blood-stained butcher's knife was found at the scene of her death, the Interior Ministry confirmed on its website.

Possible motives behind the murder remain unclear.

When asked if it was a terrorist attack, a spokesman for Abu Dhabi police told a news conference on Thursday this was under investigation.

Interior Minister Saif Bin Zayed said: \"We are witnessing an unprecedented heinous crime in the UAE.\"

Ibolya Ryan was the mother of 11-year-old twins

The attack took place at a busy shopping mall in affluent Abu Dhabi

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