SOMALIA: AL-SHABAAB SAYS IT EXECUTED SIX PEOPLE IN SOMALIA FOR SPYING
April 1, 2020: Al-Shabaab on 31 March 2020 executed six men it said were spying for Somali intelligence agencies, the U.S. and Kenya, according to a broadcast on Radio Andalus, which supports the Islamist group that’s linked to al-Qaeda. The executions took place in the town of Buale, an al-Shabaab stronghold in the semi-autonomous region of Jubaland. Mohamed Bare, a Jubaland army officer, said the military had received news of the executions and would conduct an investigation. (Sources: bloomberg.com, 31/03/2020)
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