How Abu Dhabi Police Took Down Suspect In American's Murder

ByRHEANA MURRAY ABCNews logo
Thursday, December 4, 2014
Abu Dhabi police released this surveillance video in the case of an American woman's murder.
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United Arab Emirates police released a remarkable video that shows how a suspect in an American woman's stabbing death arrived at the mall where the crime took place, and later planted a bomb at the home of an American doctor, before fleeing in a white SUV.

The video also follows police as they raid the suspect's home and arrest her.

The suspect, covered from head to toe in a black abayah, was caught on multiple surveillance tapes.

The clip was posted on the Abu Dhabi police department's YouTube page. Here's how it all happened:

The suspect, whose face is covered, enters the Abu Dhabi shopping mall and takes the elevator.

After allegedly stabbing Ibolya Ryan, a kindergarten teacher from Colorado, the suspect flees the building. The tape shows blood splattered on the floor at the scene of the stabbing, and a large, bloodied kitchen knife.

The culprit, still in her abayah, arrives at an apartment building with a rolling suitcase.

The suspect planted a makeshift bomb at the home of another victim, an American doctor, police said.

The accused killer then got into a white SUV whose plates are covered by a United Arab Emirates flag.

Police later dismantled the explosive device:

The clip shows police ambushing a mansion, where they arrest a woman they say is the suspect.

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