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UAE woman executed for killing American teacher

Updated - April 03, 2016 05:50 am IST

Published - July 13, 2015 10:22 am IST - RIYADH

The United Arab Emirates executed a UAE woman convicted of terrorism early on Monday after the militant-inspired killing of an American kindergarten teacher in December 2014, the state news agency WAM reported.

Ala'a Badr Abdullah al-Hashemi, 31, was >sentenced to death a year ago for stabbing Romanian-born Ibolya Ryan, a mother of 11-year-old twins, in the toilet of an Abu Dhabi shopping mall and attempting to bomb an American-Egyptian doctor.

Hashemi was also convicted of setting up a social media account to spread militant ideology with the intention of undermining the government and, and of giving money to militant organisations for attacks,

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WAM reported.

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The report did not disclose how Hashmei was executed.

In 2014, Hashemi had become radicalised over the internet and had not been targeting an American in particular, but was looking for a foreigner to kill at random, police said.

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