SOMALIA: DEATH SENTENCE AGAINST TWO ARMED MILITIA MEN

September 2, 2013: the Somali Military Court ruled a death sentence against two armed militia men whom the court said were freelance militia men in Mogadishu.
The court’s decision came after the two armed men were convicted of killing a government military officer weeks earlier in Mogadishu.
The Military Court Spokesperson Colonel Abdullahi Muse Kayse said: “each person found armed will be sentenced to death penalty.” (Sources: Raxanreeb, 03/09/2013)