ABU DHABI // The woman accused of murdering an American teacher in a Reem Island mall made her first appearance on Monday at the Federal Supreme Court.
Alaa Bader Abdullah Al Hashemi, 29, an Emirati, is accused of stabbing Ibolya Ryan, 37, to death in a toilet cubicle in Boutik Mall on December 1 last year.
She was arrested by Abu Dhabi CID during a raid at her home three days later.
Ms Al Hashemi is also accused of making an explosive device with the aim of harming others, creating an online account to promote terrorist ideas, spreading information that harmed the country and donating funds to a terrorist organisation.
At the hearing, she spoke to confirm her name and age and asked for a lawyer. Abdulqader Al Haithami was appointed by the court.
Mr Al Haithami asked for permission to meet his client and for her family to visit her in prison.
Judge Falah Al Hajeri approved the requests and the hearing was adjourned to April 6.
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