Islamist Al-Shabaab rebels

SOMALIA: FEMALE JOURNALIST KILLERS SENTENCED TO DEATH

March 20, 2016: Two Al shabaab members who have been convicted of murdering a female Somali journalist were sentenced to death by the military tribunal of Somalia.
Liban Ali Yarow, the chief of Somali military court said evidence brought in support of the case showed that they had execution role of Hinda Hajji Mohamed, female journalist killed in car bomb on 3rd December, 2015.
Hinda who worked for the state media has been killed in a bomb attached under the seat of her private car which exploded out Turkish embassy building in Mogadishu’s KM4 area.
Abdirisack Mohamed Barrow, 28, and Hassan Nur Ali Farah, 37, were sentenced to death penalty, after the court has found them guilty of all charges against them, according to Judge Yarow who announced the verdict.
Four other co-conspirators have been sentenced to jail terms, two of them life in imprisonment by the Somali military tribunal for their role of the journalist murdering. (Sources: Shabelle English, 20/03/2016)