SOMALIA: AL-SHABAAB MILITANTS EXECUTED FOUR INFORMERS

Al-Shabaab militants executed four people accused of spying for the United States, Ethiopia and the country's internationally-backed government, officials and witnesses said.
The executions by firing squad took place at a square in the town of Bardhere, a Shabaab stronghold in the region of Gedo. Hundreds of local watched the execution.
"One of the spies worked with the CIA and facilitated the killing of an Al-Shabaab commander," a Shabaab judge in the town said before the four were shot dead.
According to the judge, another one of those executed had been aiding US operations in Barawe, while the other two worked for Ethiopian intelligence and Somalia's security agency. "After hearing the charges against the four and their confession, the Islamic court sentenced them to the death penalty," the judge said.
"The men were blindfolded and shot from the back by a team of hooded gunmen," a local witness, Ali Ronow, said.
"All of them had their hands tied behind their backs when brought on a pickup truck and they were also hooded. They were shot indiscriminately with machine guns," said Muktarey, another witness.