Somaliland Executes 6 Men For Murder

15.01.2020 15:27

2 of them were members of Al Shabaab.

Somaliland's authorities have executed six men for murder, police said Wednesday.

The executions took place in Mandhera prison following a death sentence that goes back several years, Khadar Abdikarim, a police officer in Somaliland told Anadolu Agency over the phone.

"All of them were convicted for murder. Two of them were additionally accused of being Al-Shabaab members," he said.

Human rights defenders have expressed dismay at the development as they oppose capital punishment. -

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