The chief of Somalia military court colonel Abdirahman Mahmoud Tur-yare
Hiiraan Online
Sunday, August 3, 2014
The military court of Somalia’s federal government said that the parents of any captured Al Shabab militants will be dealt with as ‘terrorists’ and will be prosecuted in accordance with the counter terrorism law.
The announcement was made in Mogadishu early on Sunday by the military court chairman Colonel Abdirahman Mahmoud Tur-yare. He talked to reporters before the execution of three Al shabab members.
He accused parents of Al Shabab fighters of hiding their sons while knowing they were Al Shabab members and were killing many innocent Somalis.
“I call on the fathers and mothers of Al Shabab fighters to report to us that their sons were Al Shabab, if they don’t do so, I am telling with a loud voice, that if any Al Shabab member is captured his parents will also be arrested and they will be executed together.” The military supreme court chairman told the media on Sunday.
But the court leader didn’t specify the law that allows the execution of the parents of Al Shabab fighters given the fact that some parents don’t even know the whereabouts of their sons or daughters who joined Al Shabab.
HOL English News Desk