The United Arab Emirates carried out a rare execution today, putting to death by firing squad an Emirati woman convicted of the jihadist-inspired murder of a US school teacher, media reported.
Alaa Bader al-Hashemi, 30, was executed at dawn after President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahyan approved the death sentence against her, said the official WAM news agency, citing prosecutors.
The National, an English-language daily, said Hashemi had been put to death by firing squad. Hashemi
was sentenced to death last month for stabbing to death mother of three Ibolya Ryan, 47, in a toilet of an Abu Dhabi shopping mall on December 1, 2014.