MOGADISHU - The Al Qaeda-linked terrorist group Al-Shabaab, executed a woman on Monday, in the rebel-held Bulo-Burte town, Hiraan region after allegedly spying for SomaliaÂ’s National Security Agency (SNSA), Garowe Online reports.Ayan Mohamud Aseyr, a 20 year old, was publicly executed at a main square by a firing squad. According to local sources, hundreds of local residents flocked to the execution site, after the terrorist group publicized the execution on loudspeakers throughout the town.
“It [execution] was full of tears and sorrow," said a resident, who spoke to Garowe Online on condition of anonymity and witnessed the execution.
The chief judge of the Al-Shabaab court in Hiraan region said at a public gathering that after a long investigation they recognized that the woman had been spying for the government intelligence agency.
“The woman has led to the killing of seven local and foreign Jihadists in their strongholds in south and central Somalia,” said the judge, adding that they will not hesitate to deal with people found working with the Somali government and AU forces in the country.
Ayan Mohamud Aseyr was kidnapped from a vehicle by Al Shabaab agents on her way from Mogadishu to the central town of Beledweyne – the capital of Hiraan region - located some 206 miles (332 km) north of Mogadishu.