SOMALIA: MILITARY COURT SENTENCES SOLDIER TO DEATH FOR KILLING COLLEAGUE

October 3, 2019:

A military court in Mogadishu on 2 October 2019 sentenced army officer to death for murder.
Private officer, Omar Abdulkadir Sheikh Nur was found guilty of killing police officer, Jamal Abukar Jinow.
The court found that the killing happened on 22 March in Waberi district after the diseased tried to intervene alleged robbery with violence by the suspect.
The case was submitted to the court-martial in July before the prosecution started.
Exhibit including an AK 47 used in the crime plus eyewitness was produced in the court during the hearing before a medical record of the deceased from the health department.
The court sentenced ex-soldier, Omar Abdulkadir Sheikh Nur to death for his actions, he can appeal within next 30 days.