News: Female Saudi Student Murdered In The UK

UPDATE:

Saudi woman was stabbed 16 times in UK hate crime

British police have reportedly identified the killer of a female Saudi student in Essex as a 52-year-old British man.

Detectives are investigating the possibility that Nahid Almanea, 31, was targeted in Colchester because of her Muslim dress.

Almanea was attacked while walking on the Salary Brook trail on Tuesday morning. Paramedics tried to save her but she died at the scene from head and body injuries. Police said the woman was stabbed 16 times in a "brutal and savage attack" as she walked to Essex University.
As officers continued to question the man in connection with the murder, detectives refused to rule out a connection between the university attack and the killing of James Attfield, 33, who was stabbed more than 100 times in nearby Colchester Castle park in March. The woman's body is expected to arrive in Al-Jouf on Saturday.
Almanea had only lived in Britain since the turn of the year, moving to Colchester to live with her brother as she studied an English language course. She regularly took the same route to university with her brother along a secluded footpath. However, on Tuesday her brother started lectures early - meaning Almanea was walking alone.



UPDATE:

Suspect In UK Murder Of Saudi Student Released: Investigation Continues

UK Police have released a 19-year-old arrested in connection with the murder of Nahid Almanea, a Saudi student studying at the University of Essex.
The 31-year-old PhD student was walking down a footpath in Colchester, Essex, on the morning of 17 June when she was attacked and stabbed 16 times.
The suspect was arrested in connection with a separate assault on 19 June, when a woman reported that a man had tried to grab her while she was jogging in Colchester. A 52-year-old suspect, initially arrested in connection with Nahid’s death, has also been released.
Authorities are still trying to confirm the motive – the chance that this might have been a hate-crime triggered by Nahid’s traditional Muslim dress is one of the possibilities they are following, said police officials.
CCTV footage shows Nahid walking down the road 20 minutes before the attack. Police said they hope that this might motivate witnesses to come forward with any information they may have about the case.

Nahid Almanea walks down the street minutes before the fatal attack

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A Saudi female student was killed Tuesday in the UK while she was on her way to the English Language Institute in Colchester, 90 km northeast of London.

Saudi Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Prince Mohammed bin Nawaf, said that authorities have arrested a murder suspect and urged all media outlets to report only official announcements made by the embassy in this regard.

Prince Mohammed said that the deceased's brother, who has been with her in the UK, has identified his sister's body. The prince said that he had reassured him and expressed his condolences.
The ambassador also summoned officials from the Department of Welfare for Saudis and Legal Affairs to follow up on the case and to provide support to the family of the deceased. He said there would be full cooperation with local authorities overseeing the case.
Prince Mohammad assured the brother of the deceased during a telephone conversation on Tuesday that the embassy will speed up the procedures to transfer the body to the Kingdom and follow up on the case.
He also said that he has been following up the case personally and will ensure that the killer is caught and justice is served.
The female Saudi student was reportedly beaten and stabbed to death on Tuesday morning on her way to college. She was studying on scholarship under the King Abdullah Foreign Scholarship program and was living in the UK with her brother.