Dubai: The extradition file for the Syrian suspect, who fled to his home country after allegedly murdering a British mother in Dubai, has been handed over to the Syrian authorities, a senior Dubai Police official has said.
"We have submitted our request and sent the extradition file to the Syrian officials. The case is yet to be referred to the courts in Syria to pass a ruling whether he will be extradited to Dubai Police," Major General Khamis Mattar Al Mazeina, Deputy Chief of Dubai Police, told Gulf News in a phone interview.
Last week, Dubai Police released a statement that they had arrested the main suspect in the murder of British woman Maria McClymont. Major General Al Mazeina said on Wednesday that the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), in cooperation with the Syrian Interior Ministry and Interpol in Abu Dhabi and Damascus, had arrested Syrian suspect M.K.Q.
Three others suspected of cooperating with the accused killer were also arrested, police said.
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Maj Gen Al Mazeina said Dubai Police managed to determine the connection between the victim and the first suspect just hours after receiving the first murder report.
They had also within hours identified and arrested the other suspects.
CID director Brigadier Khalil Ebrahim Al Mansouri said the department received a report on May 27 that a 50-year-old British woman had been murdered in an apartment in Mankhoul.
Police said their investigations revealed the deceased had been a training manager at the Four Points by Sheraton Downtown Dubai hotel.
Police said the CID team found the first suspect, M.K.Q., was in a relationship with the victim and had been the last person to visit her.
Police said they found money with the second suspect, who allegedly confessed that the first suspect had given him jewellery to sell, and send the proceeds to him in Syria.
Brig Al Mansouri said the main suspect confessed to killing the victim because of disagreements. He had also confessed to stealing her jewellery and passport.
