Hiiraan Online
Friday March 11, 2016
MOGADISHU (HOL) - Al-Qaeda linked extremist group in Somalia executed a man for allegedly being member of Somalia’s army, the latest in series of executions by the group which continues deadly guerrilla attacks in large parts of the south and central Somalia.
The Somali man Kun’il Mahad, was executed by firing squad in Buqaqable, a rural village in Hiiraan region on Friday after an ad-hoc court run by Al Shabab convicted him of being a soldier in the Somali army.
An AL Shabab judge read the verdict at an open ground in the town, as a crowd gathered to watch the execution.
Reading the verdict, the judge declared that the convicted admitted all charges, and immediately sentenced him to death by firing squad.
Human rights groups often criticize Al Shabab’s justice system, saying that suspected persons arrested by the group don't usually get access to lawyers, an action they said violated their basic rights.
Al Shabab which is fighting Somali government and the African Union forces carried out multiple executions in Somalia in recent years, however, officials often accuse the group of executing innocents without evidence to substantiate charges presented against them.