SOMALIA: POLICE OFFICERS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER

April 8, 2024:

Two police officers on April 4, 2024 were sentenced to death in Somalia by a military court.
According to government officials, those convicted include the commander of Huriwaa police station, Abdifatah Mohamed Hassan Qoslaaye, who has been on trial for the last two months following the killing of a businessman.
The two were handed a death sentence after being convicted by Somalia’s military court for the alleged killing of businessman Abukar Ahmed Kaabah on Feb 24, 2024. During the hearing, Qoslaaye denied the charges but the prosecution put him on the murder scene.
Three other alleged accomplices including a rival businessman of the victim, were sentenced to 10 and 15 years jail terms for their role in the plot that led to the killing.