Puntland Executes 10 Al-Shabaab Members Convicted of Terrorism

by: Horn Observer Contributor | 18 August 2024 20:25

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Puntland Executes 10 Al-Shabaab Members Convicted of Terrorism

GALKAYO, Somalia (HORN OBSERVER) – Somalia's Puntland State has executed 10 prisoners accused of being members of the Al-Shabaab terror group on Saturday.

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Puntland has executed 10 prisoners accused of being members of the Al-Shabaab terror group. | PHOTO/ Military Court Puntland.

GALKAYO, Somalia (HORN OBSERVER) – Somalia's Puntland State has executed 10 prisoners accused of being members of the Al-Shabaab terror group on Saturday.

The convicts had been found guilty by the regional military court of participating in terrorist activities, including various murders in Gaalkayo city.

The execution took place in an open field in Gaalkayo, located in the Mudug region, where a firing squad carried out the sentences.

The Commander of the Mudug Regional Police Division, Colonel Mahamoud Abdi Hakim Yusuf, accompanied by the Commander of the Mudug Sector Darawiish Forces, Colonel Sharma’arke Sheikh Doon, announced the names of the 10 convicts who were executed. They were:

Convict Hassan Jaamac Maohamed
Convict Liibaan Adan Muuse
Convict Barkhad Awil Hersi
Hassan Muuse Ahmed
Convict Abdiqaaliq Warsame Barre
Convict Adde Abdullaahi Mohamed
Convict Mohamed Abdisalaan Ahmed
Convict Adirahmaan Faysal Salaad
Convict Abdiqani Farhaan Abdullaahi
Convict Abdisalaan Sahal Shucayb

The executions come just a week after a group of militants escaped from the Gaalkayo prison under unknown circumstances.

Addressing the gathering at the execution site, Colonel Mahamoud Abdi Hakim Yusuf and Colonel Sharma’arke Sheikh Doon urged parents in the Mudug region to protect their children from joining Al-Shabaab, emphasizing that anyone arrested for being of the group will be put on military court and if found guilty will be executed.