Hiiraan Online
Monday August 5, 2019
MOGADISHU (HOL) - The Somalia military court executed an al-Shabab militants for being involved in bomb blasts and assassinations in Mogadishu.
Anshour O. Abukar 23, and Mohamed A. Borow, 25 were convicted for role in multiple attacks in the city between 2017 and 2018.
The two were said to have participated in orchistrating car bomb blast which claimed the life of Awil Dahir Salad a journalist in 2018 and assassination of General Secretary of Somali women Anab A Hashi.
According to the court, the al-Shabaab militants were also assigned by his group to explore where to carry out car bomb attacks.
They were executed by firing squad.
The execution comes barely four days after Somali military court sentence ISIS fighter to death for carried out assassination attacks in Mogadishu.
Adan Mohamed Ali was convicted of taking part in killing of five people including security officials and civilians.