SOMALIA: SEVEN AL-SHABAAB MEMBERS RECEIVE DEATH PENALTY

the Somali military court sentenced seven Al-Shabaab members to death penalty, military court spokesman Abdullahi Keyse announced. They were accused of being members of Al-Shabaab and murdering senior government official in Mogadishu. They were identified as Hassan Farah Jiinow, Faarah Mohamed Osman, Abdikaafi Sheikh Mohamud, Mohamed Adan Hassan, Abdirahman Dahir Farah, Abdiqadir Aweys Omar and Farah Adan Dhore.
On the other hand six others were sentenced to life imprisonment for giving information, harbouring Al-Shabaab and facilitation of the attacks carried out by the group in various parts of the city.
The seven sentenced to death were also accused of jointly killing a prison inmate who was identified as Abdiaziz Muhidin Hiraabe.