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Al Shabaab executes teenage girls accused of spying
October 29, 2010 · 8 Comments
MOGADISHU (Somalilandpress) — An al-Qaeda linked Somali group executed two teenage girls accused of spying yesterday in a public square as hundreds of people watched on.
Al Shabaab commanders ordered a firing squad to kill the girls in the central Somali town of Beledweyne.
Ayan Mohamed Jama, 18, and Huriyo Ibrahim, 15 were tried by the group’s courts and shot by 10 masked men after being accused of spying for government soldiers fighting the Islamist group.
Residents said they were dragooned into watching the event and expressed disgust at have to witness the murder of the girls.
“Everyone was very sorry for the young girls who were killed in front of hundreds,” said Maryam Ahmed, a resident of the town.
Ali, another resident, said: “The group informed the population that a punishment was going to be carried out in public on two women they claimed had been found guilty of spying, I didn’t know they were planning to shoot them.
“The two girls were sitting on the ground with their hands tied behind their back. Then a group of fighters covered their faces and shot them from behind,” he said. “It was shocking, the girls were so young. They looked so desperate but nobody could help them.”
Militia members had toured the Beletweyne’s streets, informing residents about the pending executions by loudspeaker and ordering everyone to attend.
Al Shabaab has imposed a draconian Taliban-style religious regime on areas of Somalia under its control.
The group has vowed to overthrow the Western-backed Somali transitional government that has been established to forestall the spread of militant influence in the failed Horn of Africa state. Two years ago the group stoned a 13-year old girl to death in Kismayo after she was raped.
by Damien McElroy, Foreign Affairs Correspondent
Source: Telegraph | Friday, 29 October 2010
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What is there to spy on from Alshayaatiin? They cover their faces like the cowards they are and use women and children as human shields. If they cared to have any self respect, they would have faced their enemies and fought them outside the towns. Of course they won't do that because they know that once they step into the open, American UAV drones and cruise missiles would greet them. These barbarians should be stopped.
kkkk indeed…too evil to put in simple words….Can't imagine how this could be taking place in any soil where Somali people inhabit. It is beyond any comprehension that we are tolerating this in any form. Shame…Shame
Sad thing is southern Somali's have allowed these shayadiin to take control of their towns. The ignorant are being led by the ignorant. Unless southern somalis change then their situation will not change…it's an evil circle and may Allah help them to help themselves…aammiiiin.
Shabaab=Evil
Most defentley Al-Shaitan Kayse. I hope Somali folks have the courage to stand up to this wicked interpretatoin of deen; We never needed someone else to tell us about Islam why now.
I can't imaging how horrible the relatives or the parents of those teenager girls who were killed are going through. This is sickness, a disess that has no doctor in that area. I pray to Allah that He rewards the innocents people that are living in this Alshabab control area…
maxad ahayden
magacin hajiro waxad tihin mawadinin dalka xayaysinayse waxan idin leyahay ku si wadad wad wanag san tihine