Al-Shabaab amputates hands of two men accused of theft

Hiiraan Online
Friday January 26, 2018

MOGADISHU (HOL) - Al-Shabaab militants amputated the hands of two men accused of theft in Kunya-Barow town of Lower Shabelle region on Thursday evening.

The group said Mohamed Mohamed Hassan (54) and Hassan Mohamed Yussuf (45) were convicted of breaking into a shop and stealing Somali Shilling 17,670,000 ($883).

The right hands of the men were amputated by a dagger-wielding militant.

Hundreds of locals gathered to witness the amputation which was announced on Wednesday by the militants using loudspeakers mounted on vehicles.

In areas under Al-Shabaab's control, the militant group regularly carries outs executions by firing squad, stonings, amputations and floggings after summary trials for a range of charges.

The Somali government accused the militants of carried out the deadliest attack in Mogadishu since the inception of the militant group in 2006.

The heinous truck bomb attack on 14th October last year killed over 500 people, mostly civilians.

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