Somalia: Two Federal Govt soldiers executed for civilians murder
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- Posted On 24-03-2015, 08:55AM
MOGADISHU, Somalia, March 24, 2015 (Garowe Online)-Federal Government of Somalia’s military court has executed two soldiers at police academy in Mogadishu for the murder of civilians on Tuesday morning, Garowe Online reports.
As a result of a series of sentences unleashed on government soldiers and terror suspects, Abdirahman Isse Ahmed, 20 and Abdullahi Ali Abdi-two Somali National Army (SNA) soldiers who were convicted of killing three civilians in separate incidents were executed by firing squad with military court Chief Liban Ali Yarow present.
Ahmed deliberately shot dead late Saed Dhiblawe Siyad in August 2012 while Abdi gunned down Mohamud Hussein Abdi and Sahro Sheikh Omar, Deputy Prosecutor of military court Abdullahi Hussein Mohamed said while speaking to reporters on the scene of the execution.
The execution of government soldiers marks the first to be carried out this year.
Human Rights watch previously voiced concern over what it described summary executions and sentences devoid of compliance with international standards of justice.
GAROWE ONLINE
