SOMALIA: AL-SHABAAB BEHEADS MAN FOR DRUG

Al-Shabaab militant group beheaded a man who they found guilty of possessing khat, a narcotic stimulus leaves planted in the East African region and Yemen and largely consumed by Somalis and Arabs. According to the local leaders, the incident happened about 13 kilometers outskirts of the Bay capital Baidoa. The militants intercepted the vehicle transporting the drug near Burhakaba and set ablaze the vehicle before executing the transporter. “It is very sad experience and we condemn it with the strongest terms possible,” traditional elder Malak Ibdiyow told the local media.