The Ajman Police arrested a suspect accused of murder and arson on Monday, within 10 minutes after he started a massive fire in a store in the emirate's industrial area.

According to police, he fatally stabbed an Asian woman and seriously injured three others, all identified as Asians.

Lieutenant-Colonel Saeed Ali Al Madhani, Deputy Director of the Operations Department at Ajman Police, said a team was dispatched after the operations room received a report about the alleged murder and a fire in a commercial store.

Police teams rushed to the site to find that the suspect had used a sharp weapon to attack the woman and three other workers in the store. He then set the shop on fire.

As per the authorities, civil defence teams could control the fire, and the injured were transferred to a hospital.

After primary investigations, the police revealed that the suspect was in an illegal relationship with the victim, and there were previous personal disputes between them. The police said the suspect had confessed to his crimes during interrogation.