'LADY AL-QAEDA' SENTENCED TO 15 YEARS IN PRISON
PRESS TRUST OF INDIA
Dubai, Oct 30: A woman dubbed "Lady al-Qaeda" for being the first female in Saudi Arabia who underwent trial for involvement in terrorist activists has been sentenced to 15 years in prison by a court in the kingdom.
A special criminal court in Riyadh yesterday sentenced 37-year-old Haila Al-Qaseer after she was convicted of taking part in various terrorist activities, Arab News reported.
The court also banned her from travelling abroad for 15 years after her release.
The court found her guilty of declaring the state as infidel, giving refuge to wanted terrorists, instigating people to carry out terrorist attacks, and possessing two guns without license and handing them over to terrorists to attack security officers, the newspaper said.
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