Africa
Al Shabaab cut off man’s hand over mattress theft
Posted Tuesday, April 27 2010 at 18:42
MOGADISHU
A sharia (Islamic) court in Mogadishu run by Al-Shabaab Islamist group sentenced a man to amputation of the right hand.
The man, Shine Abubakar Hassan, was reportedly found guilty by the court on Monday of stealing mattresses and other domestic items.
The court also ordered Hassan to compensate for the value of the stolen items.
The amputation was carried out on the same day.
A judge of the al Shabaab Sharia court, Sheikh Omar announced that they found Hassan guilty of the crime when the limb was chopped off.
Mohamed Ahmed Kassim who was accused of killing another man, Abdi Hassan Khayre was sentenced to death.
The court’s decision was implemented on the same day and he was shot dead by a firing squad.
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Submitted by gc98Posted April 27, 2010 11:49 PM
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Submitted by ahamedmalik
In arabic languaguge you call this wariya community "simmal", which means poisioned property. this lot live by their identity "the simmal".
Posted April 27, 2010 11:32 PM -
Submitted by karitz
So of the two stories in one, what warranted to be the headline? Death by Firing Squad or Amputation for Mattress Theft? Uh! I missed all the evening classes.
Posted April 27, 2010 07:45 PM
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Horrific! I pity the people living under the terror of al-shabaab .... please ensure our borders are kept safe and these goons don't come into Kenya.