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But State Department says no reason to conclude at this point the teacher was targeted because she was an American.

Via NBC:

A local woman has been arrested in connection with the slaying of an American teacher in an Abu Dhabi mall’s bathroom, officials said Thursday.

Saif Bin Zayed, minister of the interior for the United Arab Emirates, told a press conference that the “face covered” suspect seen in security footage fleeing the scene of the crime is an Emirati national now in police custody.

The suspected killer is also suspected of planting a bomb outside an American doctor’s home in Abu Dhabi, according to police. Investigators allegedly found bomb-making materials at the suspect’s home.

Kindergarten teacher Ibolya Ryan was attacked in a public bathroom of an upscale shopping mall on Abu Dhabi’s Reem Island on Monday after a fight, according to authorities. The 47-year-old mother of three died from her wounds.

Authorities in Abu Dhabi released footage of the suspect — dubbed the “Reem Island ghost” — entering the restroom and later fleeing the scene of the attack. The suspect was fully cloaked in a traditional black robe, known as an abaya, and also wearing gloves and a full face veil known as a niqab. Footage of the crime scene showed a long kitchen knife spattered in blood.

The attack on Ryan comes just weeks after the U.S. embassies in the Middle East warned citizens of an anonymous posting on a jihadist website encouraging attacks against teachers at American schools in the region.

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