Al-Shabaab member Mukhtar Mahamed was executed in Beledweyne after a military
court found him guilty of killing the leader of Hiran region elders' union
Sheikh Mohamud Sheikh Hussein in November, Somalia's Radio Dalsan reported.
The execution was carried out by firing squad at the
Beledweyne football stadium, and was attended by the governor of the Hiran
region, African Union Mission in Somalia officials, military court
representatives, regional police and Beledweyne residents.
The military court sentenced Mahamed to death after he
pleaded guilty to killing of Hussein.
Source: allafrica.com, August 6, 2013
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