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Somalia executes two for killing female journalist |
2016-04-10 |
![]() Abdirisack Mohamed Barow, 28, and Hassan Nur Ali, 37, were executed by firing squad at school Polozio in Mogadishu on Saturday morning, according to a court judge. The executed confessed role in concealing an explosive device under the seat of a car that killed Hinda Hajj Mohamed. She was assassinated for working the state media. Hinda Hajji was the widow of Liban Ali Nur, an editor at Somali National TV who had been killed in bomb and gun attack at a cafe in Somali capital, Mogadishu in the end of 2012 by Al shabaab. Somalia’s military court has previously executed soldiers charged with murder and convicted Al Shabaab members. |
Posted by:Steve White |