[SHABELLENEWS] The tribunal court of Somalia’s northeastern semi-autonomous region of Puntland...a region in northeastern Somalia, centered on Garowe in the Nugaal province. Its leaders declared the territory an autonomous state in 1998. Puntland and the equally autonomous Somaliland seem to have avoided the clan rivalries and warlordism that have typified the rest of Somalia, which puts both places high on the list for Islamic subversion...
has executed five alleged Al shabaab members by firing squad in Bosaso town on Saturday.
The military court of Puntland state said the executed men were found guilty of carrying out several liquidations in the coastal and commercial town of Bosaso in the past.
"All of them have been found guilty of being members of Al shabaab and killing senior Puntland officails in Bosaso early this year," said Puntland military court chairman.
Abdiftitah Hajji Aden, the Puntland court chairman has added two others were sentenced to life imprisonment, for being members of the Al Qaeda-linked Al shabaab turbans.
The court said the executed five men were found guilty of killing former Puntland Presidency director Aden Gaas Huruse and Puntland deputy police commander Jamac Sahardiid.
In recent months, Puntland has launched crackdown on Al shabaab as its military court sentenced individuals linked to Al shabaab tough punishments such as death penalty.