Let us not forget
Ibolya Ryan, a Romanian American Teacher from Colorado who was murdered in Abu
Dhabi on December 1, 2014. Justice was swift and sure as the killer, was
executed by firing squad on July 13, 2015, only 7 months after the crime. Let
us remember how she lived on this earth and treasure her memories.
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INTERNET
SOURCE: http://heavy.com/news/2014/12/ibolya-ryan-us-teacher-murder-stabbed-abu-dhabi-mall-video/
INTERNET
SOURCE: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/12/07/ibolya-ryan-uae-stabbing/20053021/
Abu Dhabi murder: 'Monster was lying in wait'
John Bacon, USA TODAY
6:16 a.m. EST December 8, 2014
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An image from an Abu Dhabi Police video of
the raid on the home of the Reem Island murder suspect. Courtesy Security Media
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The ex-husband of an American woman
fatally stabbed in an Abu Dhabi shopping mall says he is grateful that United
Arab Emirates authorities quickly arrested the suspected "monster"
who killed his wife and says he feels safe there.
Kindergarten teacher Ibolya Ryan, 47,
was found stabbed to death Dec. 1 in a bloody bathroom in the high-end Reem
Island mall. Police detained a suspect Thursday, a woman they say hours later
attempted to plant a bomb near the home of an American physician. The bomb was
dismantled without incident.
UAE officials say the woman was
targeting foreigners, but has no apparent link to a terrorist group or
political party.
"This monster was lying
in wait for someone like her to come along — for an hour — in the
bathroom,"
Ryan's former husband, Paul, told NBC News. "Unfortunately,
it was my kids' mother."
The UAE news agency WAM, citing an
unidentified security source, said the suspect
appeared to have been acting alone. The source told WAM the woman, whose
name has not been revealed, had recently logged into some terrorist websites
"through which she acquired the terrorism ideology and learned how to
manufacture explosives."
Ibolya Ryan was living in Abu Dhabi
with the couple's 11-year-old twin sons. Paul Ryan, who lives in Vienna,
Austria, with his 13-year-old daughter, has been in Abu Dhabi since the murder.
"I'm totally horrified
by what happened,"
Paul Ryan told CNN. "However, I'm starting to believe what my ex-wife was always
telling me — that it's safe here."
Police said the
suspect, nicknamed the "Reem Island ghost," wore a black robe and a
full-face veil. The murder came a little more than a month after the U.S.
Embassy in Abu Dhabi warned Americans of an online posting that encouraged
attacks against teachers at American and other international schools in the
Middle East. It was not clear, however, if the attack was related to the
warning.
Ryan told WAM and CNN
that UAE authorities handled the investigation in a professional manner and
have been treating the family very well. He said he will remain with his boys
in Abu Dhabi so they can complete their school year, then his family will
return to the United States.
"When I got here, I had
some preconceptions about how the situation would be," Ryan told WAM. "My doubts were dispelled. I felt that the forces of
darkness and terrorism that expressed themselves very clearly here in the
Middle East will disappear with time, thanks to the forces of good that I saw
here."
INTERNET
SOURCE: http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2015/06/29/UAE-woman-sentenced-to-death-for-killing-U-S-teacher-.html
UAE woman
gets death penalty for killing U.S. teacher
By Staff
writer Al Arabiya News Monday, 29 June 2015
A United
Arab Emirates court sentenced an Emirati woman to death on Monday after
convicting her of the jihadist-inspired murder of an American teacher, Abu
Dhabi newspaper The National reported.
Alaa Bader
al-Hashemi was found guilty of stabbing to death teacher Ibolya Ryan, 47, in a
shopping mall toilet, as well as "creating a handmade bomb" she
placed in front of an Egyptian-American doctor's home, the paper said.
The ruling
was made by the Federal Supreme Court in Abu Dhabi, which means it cannot be
appealed.
The attacks
took place within hours of each other in the UAE capital on December 1. Hashemi
was arrested by Abu Dhabi CID during a raid at her home three days after the
incident.
Hashemi "was also found guilty of sending money to Al-Qaeda in Yemen, knowing the funds would be used in terrorist acts," The National said.
Hashemi "was also found guilty of sending money to Al-Qaeda in Yemen, knowing the funds would be used in terrorist acts," The National said.
Hashemi, surrounded by four police officers, "showed no emotion as the verdict and sentence were announced," the daily said.
"As she was led from court she smiled and waved at her father and brother, who were in court to witness the proceedings."
International media have been denied access to her trial. which began in March.
Hashemi had asked the court to provide her with psychological help, saying she had "unreal visions" and would see "ghost-like people" due to a chronic mental illness.
The court ordered psychiatric tests which it said showed she was aware of her actions.
INTERNET
SOURCE: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/reem-island-ghost-murdering-mum-of-six-6062536
Reem Island Ghost: Murdering mum-of-six executed by dawn firing squad for savage supermarket toilet stabbing of teacher
- 11:08, 14 Jul 2015
- Updated 12:04, 14 Jul 2015
- By Jon Dean
Warning
graphic images: Alaa Al Hashemi was
executed on Monday morning for killing of Ibolya Ryan in a frenzied attack
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An image from an Abu Dhabi Police video of
the raid on the home of the Reem Island murder suspect. Courtesy Security Media
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A murderess mum-of-six known as the
Reem Island Ghost has been executed by firing squad for the brutal stabbing of
an American teacher.
Alaa Al Hashemi was shot on Monday
morning at dawn after killing Ibolya Ryan in an Abu Dhabi toilet stall.
The 30-year-old was also convicted of
bomb-making and sending money to Al Qaeda in Yemen,
knowing that would be used to fund terrorist acts.
The execution went ahead after being
approved by President Sheikh Khalifa, report The
National.
Mohammed Al Kaabi, chairman of the UAE
Human Rights Society, said the speedy execution of the death sentence made a
statement to any would-be terrorists.
He
said: “The execution today sends a strong message to
terrorists worldwide that the UAE is a red line that you don’t cross."
Alaa Bader Al Hashemi savagely
murdered mum
Ibolya, 47, outside a Waitrose in an Abu Dhabi shopping centre.
The sick killer was said to be calm as
the judge told her she would be executed by firing squad following a trial
lasting almost three months.
She even reportedly smiled and waved
at her father and brother as she was led away.
Chilling CCTV footage earlier showed
Al Hashemi - dressed head to toe in a traditional Arabic robe, a veil and black
gloves - entering the shopping centre.
She is seen heading to the the
bathroom where she subjected Ms Ryan - mum of 11-year-old twins - to a frenzied
attack with a large kitchen knife, before running out, causing panic among
shoppers.
Just over an hour after fleeing the
mall following the stabbing, she planted a primitive bomb outside the house of
an Arab-American doctor living in the city.
Fortunately, police were alerted
before the device went off.
Al Hashemi was arrested within 48
hours of the crime was reported.
Images released later show the
blood-soaked scene in the mall's toilet, while further dramatic footage shows
Al Hashemi's arrest.
Paul Ryan, the victim’s former
husband, said: “We pray that justice has been served
today.
"Nothing will return
the beautiful and delightful mother of my children.
“But if today’s verdict
raises awareness and dissuades another so filled with hate to reconsider, to
still her hand, something of worth will yet be salvaged from this horror, the
remains of which my family bears day by day.”
During her trial, Al Hashemi claimed
she suffered from a mental illness and was “possessed by evil spirits” that
gave her “unreal visions” during which she’s seen “ghost-like people.”
INTERNET
SOURCE: http://www.emirates247.com/crime/local/reem-island-murder-ghost-executed-2015-07-13-1.596698
Reem Island
murder: 'Ghost' executed
Alaa Bader Abdullah was convicted of
murdering American citizen
Published Monday, July 13, 2015
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American teacher Ibolya Balazi Ryan (left
inset), the mother of three was stabbed to death in an Abu Dhabi mall restroom
by a niqab-clad woman (right inset). The blood stains are from videos released
by the police. (Al Bayan)
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Ahmed Al Dhanhani, Attorney General
for the State Security Prosecution, has announced that on Monday morning, July
13, 2015, the ruling of The State Security Circuit of the Federal Supreme Court
No. 73 of 2015 on the execution of Alaa Bader Abdullah has been carried out,
following the approval of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al
Nahyan.
Earlier, the Public Prosecution had charged the accused with murdering Ibolya Ryan, an American citizen, whom the defendant deliberately stabbed to death, with an intention to kill, and of seeking to stir fear among those living in an apartment in one of the buildings along the Abu Dhabi Corniche.
Earlier, the Public Prosecution had charged the accused with murdering Ibolya Ryan, an American citizen, whom the defendant deliberately stabbed to death, with an intention to kill, and of seeking to stir fear among those living in an apartment in one of the buildings along the Abu Dhabi Corniche.
The accused tried to detonate a homemade bomb near the door of the apartment with the intention of killing all the tenants, but it did not explode.
She was also accused of illegally
collecting prohibited explosive materials and of having assembled these without
a licence.
She was also convicted of having established and managed an e-mail account with a false name to disseminate activities of the terrorist organisations.
She also published information with an intent to harm the reputation and prestige of the State and its symbols.
She also provided funds to a terrorist organisation with the prior knowledge that the funds would be used in committing terrorist operations.
The accused committed these crimes to spread terror and with an intent to cause death and provoke terror among the people and threaten the State's security.
OUR
THOUGHTS:
We, the comrades of Unit 1012, do
not want the people to forget how Ryan lived on this earth, though she was
murdered, do not focus on how she died but remember her life as a teacher.
Thank God that justice was served when the killer was executed only 7 months
after the crime, we thank the UAE Justice System for their Counter-terrorism Law.
If you read about the case of the
Reem Island Ghost, she was only executed 7 months after the crime, justice was
swift and sure. Another lesson to learn here was that the UAE Police did a
great job in arresting the suspect. We hope the United States can learn
something from here in countering terrorism and also speeding up executions.
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