UAE sentences Emirati woman to death for killing US teacher
(MENAFN- Arab News) ABU DHABI: 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 30 was found guilty of stabbing to death school teacher Ibolya Ryan 47 in a shopping mall toilet the paper said.
She was also convicted of 'creating a handmade bomb' she placed in front of an Egyptian-American doctor's home it added.
The attacks took place within hours of each other in the UAE capital on Dec. 1.
Tracked down using CCTV footage of her going into and out of the restroom where the teacher's murder took place and near the doctor's building Hashemi was arrested 48 hours later.
She was dressed in black from head-to-toe as she carried out both attacks.
Hashemi was arrested at her home where her car was found with blood on the steering wheel and bomb making materials inside.
The National said that Hashemi 'was also found guilty of sending money to Al-Qaeda in Yemen knowing the funds would be used in terrorist acts.' The ruling was made by the Federal Supreme Court in Abu Dhabi which means it cannot be appealed.
The president can however decide to overturn the sentence or reduce it.
Hashemi surrounded by four police officers 'showed no emotion as the verdict and sentence were announced' the paper 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 on March 23.
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.
The convict was also said to have created an Internet account to promote the 'ideas of a terrorist group.' The judge on Monday 'ordered the confiscation of all evidence and the shutting down of the online account Hashemi had used' The National said.
Kubaish has said that Hashemi had confessed 'in detail to investigators to have committed these crimes' but during the court hearings the woman denied all charges and alleged that she was mistreated during interrogation and forced to confess.
Hashemi had been dubbed the 'Reem Island Ghost' after the location of the mall where the stabbing of Ryan a mother of three attack took place.
Alaa Bader Al-Hashemi 30 was found guilty of stabbing to death school teacher Ibolya Ryan 47 in a shopping mall toilet the paper said.
She was also convicted of 'creating a handmade bomb' she placed in front of an Egyptian-American doctor's home it added.
The attacks took place within hours of each other in the UAE capital on Dec. 1.
Tracked down using CCTV footage of her going into and out of the restroom where the teacher's murder took place and near the doctor's building Hashemi was arrested 48 hours later.
She was dressed in black from head-to-toe as she carried out both attacks.
Hashemi was arrested at her home where her car was found with blood on the steering wheel and bomb making materials inside.
The National said that Hashemi 'was also found guilty of sending money to Al-Qaeda in Yemen knowing the funds would be used in terrorist acts.' The ruling was made by the Federal Supreme Court in Abu Dhabi which means it cannot be appealed.
The president can however decide to overturn the sentence or reduce it.
Hashemi surrounded by four police officers 'showed no emotion as the verdict and sentence were announced' the paper 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 on March 23.
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.
The convict was also said to have created an Internet account to promote the 'ideas of a terrorist group.' The judge on Monday 'ordered the confiscation of all evidence and the shutting down of the online account Hashemi had used' The National said.
Kubaish has said that Hashemi had confessed 'in detail to investigators to have committed these crimes' but during the court hearings the woman denied all charges and alleged that she was mistreated during interrogation and forced to confess.
Hashemi had been dubbed the 'Reem Island Ghost' after the location of the mall where the stabbing of Ryan a mother of three attack took place.
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