Monday, June 22, 2009

Somali 'thieves' face amputation...

Hardline Islamists have condemned four young Somali men to a double amputation for stealing mobile phones and guns.

They will each have a hand and a leg cut off after being convicted by a Sharia court in the capital, Mogadishu. 

The al-Shabab group has carried out amputations, floggings and an execution in the port of Kismayo but such punishments are rare in the capital. More...

See also:

  1. Somalia: 13-year-old girl raped by three men; they go free, but the victim is stoned to death.
  2. A country without the State? A look at Somalia and the Xeer...
  3. The war in Somalia, in pictures...
  4. Somalia: 32 dancers whipped by Islamist rebels...
  5. Man in India beaten to death for stealing cell-phone...

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