SOMALIA: AL-SHABAAB EXECUTES FIVE MEN OVER SPYING CLAIMS IN JUBBALAND

July 9, 2019:

Al-Shabaab militia group on 3 July 2019 executed five Somali men in Hagar area of Lower Jubba region of Somalia on claims of spying.
Al-Shabaab court sentenced the five Somali men death penalty on allegation that they were spying the group's activities on behalf the Federal government of Somalia and its foreign allied partners.
The five Somali men who were executed were identified as follows;
Osman Abdulle Abdullahi; who was accused of spying for U.S. Security Agency.
Abdkarim Mumin Ahmed; who was accused of working with the Danab Forces (U.S. trained forces).
Hassan Barre Ishaaq; who was accused of working with the Kenyan Government and its security agencies.
Omar Hassan Ahmed; who was alleged of having links with the U.S. CIA agency.
Ahmed Abdullahi Warsame; who was also accused of spying on behalf of U.S. CIA Agency.
The men were executed by Al-Shabaab firing squad at a public place in Hagar town a stronghold of Al-Shabaab in the Lower Juba region.