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Al Shabaab publicly executes two men accused of spying
[Garowe Online] The Al Qaeda-linked Al-Shabaab
... the personification of Somali state failure...
group has publicly executed two men accused of spying for the Intelligence of southern semi-autonomous state of Jubbaland on Saturday, Garowe Online reports.

The group announced it killed Ibrahim Abukar, 27, Sidii Ahmed Mohammed, 26 by firing squad in an open area in Jamame district in Lower Jubba region, some 70Km north of the port city of Kismayo
...a port city in the southern Lower Juba province of Somalia, at the extreme southern end of the country (assuming Somalia can be called a country). It is the commercial capital of the autonomous Jubaland region...
An al-Shabaab court in Jamame has sentenced Abukar and Mohammed to death penalty after being found guilty of charges of espionage and collaborating with Jubbaland state forces in the region.

According to sources, masked fighters from the holy warrior group killed the two men using bullets, while hundreds of local residents, including women and kiddies gathered to watch the execution.

So far, Jubbaland state authorities are yet to comment on the killing of the men who were local farmers.

In areas under its control, the group often kills those it perceived to be opposing its ideology and fight against the UN-backed Somali government and the African Union
...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful...
forces in the country.


Posted by: Fred 2017-08-13
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