Islamist Al-Shabaab rebels

SOMALIA: AL-SHABAAB EXECUTE YOUNG MAN FOR SUSPECTED SPYING

December 23, 2014: Al Shabaab militants have executed a young man for suspected spying for the Federal Government of Somalia. The group executed the man in front of a crowd in Biyo Ade, 40 kilometer outside of Jowhar, the capital of central Shabelle region.
Eyewitnesses told Bar-Kulan the group invited a crowd to witness the execution of the man whom they suspected was on a spying mission for the Mogadishu government. Witnesses said the executed man was a resident in the area, and there was no indication that he was working with the government. Al Shabaab militant group which is fighting to topple the government of Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has previously executed people it suspected of spying. (Sources: Source: Radio Bar-Kulan, 23/12/2014)