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NEWS ARCHIVE·DEATH PENALTY·FEBRUARY 11, 2015
Somalia

SOMALIA: A 17-YEAR-OLD MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN SOMALILAND

A 17-year-old boy was sentenced to death by firing squad for the murder of his mother in law.

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A 17-year-old boy was sentenced to death by firing squad for the murder of his mother in law.
Said Abdi Jama beheaded Khadra Hashi Hassan using a crude weapon on 4 January 2015.
Justice Aden Jama Saleban, the chief magistrate of Sanaag regional court, read the guilty verdict in front of a packed court, reciting verse of the Holy Quran Suratul Baqarah: Verses 178 – 179 and section 434 of cap 24 of the capital punishment law.
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  • (Sources: somalilandpress.com, 11/02/2015)