Somalia's Puntland region executes 21 al-Shabab fighters

MOGADISHU, 28 June 2021, (TON): Twenty-one men have been executed in Somalia's semi-autonomous state of Puntland after they were convicted of being members of the Islamist fighters group al-Shabab.

They were sentenced by a military court in Galkayo and shot by a firing squad.

State radio said “18 of the men had carried out assassinations and bombings over more than a decade.”

As they were being executed the group attacked a town in another part of Somalia, reportedly killing soldiers.

Similar death sentences have been handed down by courts in other parts of Somalia before.

But this is reported to be the largest number of executions of al-Shabab members ever in Puntland.

The authorities in Puntland had vowed to bring to justice any members of al-Shabab or people found assisting the group in its attacks.

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