SOMALIA: MILITARY COURT SENTENCES ARMY OFFICER TO DEATH

Mohamed Abdirahman Ibrahim

21 January 2019 :

Somali military court on 17 January 2019 sentenced military army officer to death after finding him guilty of murdering a police officer in Mogadishu on 6 October 2018, officials said.
Chairperson of the Military Court, Hassan Ali Shute, said Mohamed Abdirahman Ibrahim committed the crime deliberately and he killed Salad Hassan Mohamed police officer at Ex-control Mogadishu.
“The Court sentenced army officer Mohamed Abdirahman Ibrahim to death after finding him guilty of killing Said Aden Yusuf a police officer at his work station on 6 October 2018,” Shute said.
He added that there had been an argument between the two before the accused opened fire on the deceased. Shute said the court also stripped Mohamed Abdirahman Ibrahim of his rank in the army and sentenced him to death.

 

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