An Alshabab court in Beletweyne has ordered the amputation of the right hand of one the accused men and the whipping of the other after hearing their case.
Some of the court officials whom HOL asked why the two young men were given different punishments since they had both been accused of the same crime said that the young man who had his right hand amputated had committed theft of a large amount of money whose punishment was equal to amputation of the right hand and the other only deserved to be flogged since he stole a little money.