Five female militants face trial in Saudi Arabia
The women were arrested during a massive crackdown in which hundreds of fighters have been sentenced
Riyadh: Five female militants, four of them Saudis, are facing trial in Saudi Arabia for organising a militant group and luring people into terrorism, media reported.
The Special Criminal Court in Riyadh heard that the unnamed women terror suspects used to get support and guidance from members of militant organisations in Yemen and Afghanistan, Saudi media reported.
One of the suspects was preparing to send her sons to participate in the fighting in Afghanistan.
She also sent her 12-year-old daughter to get married to one of the Al Qaida extremists there.
In a telephone call to the Saudi embassy in Yemen in 2012, Mesha’al Mohammad Rasheed Al Shadoukhi, one of the country’s wanted militants, demanded the release of the five women.
The women were arrested during the massive crackdown by authorities in Saudi Arabia where hundreds of fighters have been sentenced for having links with Al Qaida and its affiliated outfits.
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