The specialised criminal court began the trial Sunday of "a woman accused of joining Al-Qaeda, sheltering wanted elements and recruiting members of the terrorist Al-Qaeda network," reported Al-Madina newspaper.
The woman, who was not identified, is also accused of "financing terror and possessing weapons to use them in terrorist crimes," the daily said.
At her family`s request, the trial would take place in private and without media presence, it added.
Another local daily, Okaz, said the woman, identified only as the "Al-Qaeda Lady," is 45 years old and was arrested last year in Buraidah, Qassim`s provincial capital.
In June 2010, Saeed al-Shihri, a prominent Saudi leader of Al-Qaeda`s franchise in Yemen, urged supporters in Saudi Arabia to kidnap Christians and Saudi princes to press for the release of a female militant nabbed north of Riyadh whom he identified as Heila al-Qsayer. (*)
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