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| A United Arab Emirates woman who killed an American teacher was inspired by “terrorist ideology” acquired through the internet but investigators have found no links to militant groups, a state news agency reported on Sunday. | A United Arab Emirates woman who killed an American teacher was inspired by “terrorist ideology” acquired through the internet but investigators have found no links to militant groups, a state news agency reported on Sunday. |
| Attacks on westerners are rare in the UAE, a wealthy western-allied oil exporter and tourism hub, but concern has been rising following a spate of attacks in neighbouring Saudi Arabia and after a warning in October about a jihadist web forum calling for attacks on American teachers in the region. | Attacks on westerners are rare in the UAE, a wealthy western-allied oil exporter and tourism hub, but concern has been rising following a spate of attacks in neighbouring Saudi Arabia and after a warning in October about a jihadist web forum calling for attacks on American teachers in the region. |
| Police on Thursday said they had arrested the UAE national last week after the kindergarten teacher, identified as Romanian-born Ibolya Ryan, a mother of 11-year-old twins, was stabbed and killed in a toilet at an Abu Dhabi shopping mall. | Police on Thursday said they had arrested the UAE national last week after the kindergarten teacher, identified as Romanian-born Ibolya Ryan, a mother of 11-year-old twins, was stabbed and killed in a toilet at an Abu Dhabi shopping mall. |
| The unidentified woman also placed a makeshift bomb outside the front door of an apartment of an Egyptian-American doctor living in the UAE less than two hours after Monday’s killing, police said, adding that the bomb was safely dismantled. | The unidentified woman also placed a makeshift bomb outside the front door of an apartment of an Egyptian-American doctor living in the UAE less than two hours after Monday’s killing, police said, adding that the bomb was safely dismantled. |
| The news agency WAM, quoting a security source, said that investigation of the woman showed that the “crimes she had committed are the result of a personal instigation and a lone terrorist act”. | The news agency WAM, quoting a security source, said that investigation of the woman showed that the “crimes she had committed are the result of a personal instigation and a lone terrorist act”. |
| “The suspect had been visiting some terrorist electronic websites, which are widespread on the internet and which had enabled the detainee to acquire the terrorist ideology and to study bomb-making,” the security source said, according to WAM. It said explosives seized by police were of the primitive kind. | “The suspect had been visiting some terrorist electronic websites, which are widespread on the internet and which had enabled the detainee to acquire the terrorist ideology and to study bomb-making,” the security source said, according to WAM. It said explosives seized by police were of the primitive kind. |
| WAM said the investigation also showed that the woman had not planned to kill an American but was looking for a foreigner to attack at random. | WAM said the investigation also showed that the woman had not planned to kill an American but was looking for a foreigner to attack at random. |
| “As such, these crimes are considered to be of one’s personal instigation and a lone terrorist act that is so far not linked to any terrorist organisation,” the agency said. | “As such, these crimes are considered to be of one’s personal instigation and a lone terrorist act that is so far not linked to any terrorist organisation,” the agency said. |
| A spate of attacks on westerners in Saudi Arabia has raised concern there that the assaults may represent the start of a “lone wolf” campaign by jihadi militants. | A spate of attacks on westerners in Saudi Arabia has raised concern there that the assaults may represent the start of a “lone wolf” campaign by jihadi militants. |
| Supporters of the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria have urged Muslims to attack western expatriates in retaliation for US-led air strikes on its fighters. The UAE has participated in the air campaign and is a strong opponent of a variety of Islamist group. | Supporters of the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria have urged Muslims to attack western expatriates in retaliation for US-led air strikes on its fighters. The UAE has participated in the air campaign and is a strong opponent of a variety of Islamist group. |
| • This article was amended on 8 December 2014. The original version wrongly stated in the headline that the attack was in Dubai, not Abu Dhabi. This has been corrected. | • This article was amended on 8 December 2014. The original version wrongly stated in the headline that the attack was in Dubai, not Abu Dhabi. This has been corrected. |