Thursday, June 25, 2009

Somali Islamist court cuts off hands, feet of 4 men convicted of stealing phones and guns...

An Islamic court in Somalia on Thursday cut off a hand and foot from each of four men convicted of stealing phones and guns, drawing hundreds of onlookers as the weeping men were punished at a military camp.

The Shariah court that carried out the sentences is run by the powerful insurgent group al-Shabab, which is trying to topple Somalia's U.N.-backed government and install a strict form of Islam. 

"The men were bleeding and crying when the man cut their hands and feet off with a long knife," said one witness, Liban Ali. Journalists were not allowed to cover the sentencing. The four were convicted earlier this week in the capital, Mogadishu. More...

See also:

  1. The war in Somalia, in pictures...
  2. What they are NOT telling you about the Somali pirates...
  3. Somalia: 13-year-old girl raped by three men; they go free, but the victim is stoned to death.

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