Somalia's Shabaab Cuts Off Hands of Two Men Convicted By ‘Sharia Court’

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Somalia's Shabaab terrorist group publicly cut off the right hands of two men on Thursday after a so-called ‘sharia court’ convicted them of breaking into a shop and stealing about $500, the al-Qaeda-linked group said.

The two men had confessed to the theft in Tiyeglow district of the southern Bakool region and were ordered to refund the money, Moalim Gedow, al-Shabaab’s Bakool governor told Reuters.

An al-Shabaab ambulance then took the men to hospital, Abdullahi Madey, a Tiyeglow resident told Reuters.

Al-Shabaab, which has been fighting for years to topple the central government and impose its own strict so-called interpretation of Islamic law, carries out executions, floggings and amputations after summary trials in cases ranging from espionage to theft.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team