Somalia executes three suspected militants by firing squad


  • World
  • Sunday, 03 Aug 2014

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Three men were executed by firing squad on Sunday after a Somali military court found them guilty of killing civilians in a series of recent attacks in the country blamed on al Shabaab Islamist militants.

The men were hooded and tied to poles with their hands behind their backs in a field in the capital Mogadishu, where a crowd gathered to watch the execution.

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