BULLETIN: A 37-year-old American kindergarten teacher and mother of 11-year-old twins died in a hospital Monday after being stabbed in a Reem Island mall restroom in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the Abu Dhabi emirate in the United Arab Emirates.
The attack followed an Oct. 29 warning by the U.S. Embassy “of a recent anonymous posting on a Jihadist website that encouraged attacks against teachers at American and other international schools in the Middle East.”
Whether investigators suspect Jihadist ties to the attack was not immediately clear.
Abu Dhabi police have released a video showing the suspect. Whether the individual was a woman or a man dressed as a woman could not immediately be determined. Police are seeking the assistance of the public in identifying the suspect, dubbed the “Reem Island Ghost.”
“Witnesses reported that the culprit was fully covered wearing an abaya, black gloves and face cover (Niqab),” Abu Dhabi police said in a statement.
Police released a video showing the suspect in public areas. Video frames also show the attack area and an image of what might be the murder weapon.
“The Abu Dhabi Police will spare no effort in order to unveil this heinous crime and bring the culprit to justice,” said Colonel Dr. Rashid Mohammad Borshid in a statement.
