They were sentenced to death by the Bay Regional Court earlier last month. They were executed by a firing squad on Thursday morning in a public square in Baidoa, the capital of Bay Region.

The men are: Adan Ali Abdi and Mohamed Gedow Nurow.

Adan Ali Abdi was found guilty of murdering the late teacher Dahir Abdullahi Mukhtar, according to the Bay region court.

Mohamed Gedow Nurow was also accused of killing the late Jamal Abdikarin Maadey and was finally found guilty of it.

In the square where the two men were shot, there were officials from the Southwest State and locals who were called there to witness the executions.

The capital punishment remains as a legal punishment in Somalia. It is widely used by both the government and al-Shabaab terror group. Most of executions in Somalia are carried through shooting by a firing squad, but al-Shabaab also uses beheading and stoning.