Garowe (SONNA) – The Military Court of Somalia’s Puntland State sentenced ten Al-Shabaab members to death on Sunday.
Two of the accused, Adde Abdullahi Mohamed Elmi and Abdiqani Suleyman Jama Saylor, were convicted of the murder of freelance radio journalist Jamal Farah Adan in Galka’ayo. Both men received the death sentence after exhausting all appeal options.
The ten members who were convicted by Puntland military court were found to be members of Al-Shabaab who carried out killings in Galka’ayo.
The members sentenced to death include:
- Adde Abdullahi Mohamed Elmi
- Abdiqani Saleeman Jama Saylor
- Hassan Jama Mohamed
- Mohamed Ali Ahmae Muse
- Farhan Faisal Salad Hirsi
- Abdullahi Faisal Hussein
- Barkhad Awil Hirsi Nur
- Liban Aden Muse
- Abdiqani Farhan Abdullahi
- Abdirahman Awil Mohamed
Earlier this month Somalia’s Puntland-state military court executes 13 Al-Shabaab, Daesh members who were convicted of committing murders and explosions in Bosaso and Galka’ayo.
