This picture, which appears to be of Zulfiya Hamraeva, the woman who sparked the bomb scare, was taken shortly before the building was evacuated.
This picture, which appears to be of Zulfiya Hamraeva, the woman who sparked the bomb scare, was taken shortly before the building was evacuated.

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Dubai Police name woman at centre of 13-hour bomb belt standoff

The woman from Uzbekistan who threatened to blow herself up in the Public Prosecution building in Dubai has been named by police.

Salam Al Amir
Salam Al Amir

September 02, 2013

DUBAI // The woman who threatened to blow herself up in the Public Prosecution building has been named by Dubai Police.

Zulfiya Hamraeva from Uzbekistan walked up to the building's reception desk at noon yesterday, accompanied by her son, and demanded help in establishing his paternity.

She claimed the child was the product of an extramarital affair with an Emirati, and said if she did not receive help she would blow herself up. She was wearing what she claimed was a home-made suicide belt.

A team from UAE national security and Dubai police sealed off the building and negotiated with the woman until she gave herself up at 1.30am.

The bomb belt was later found to be fake.