Somalian terrorists cut off hands of two men convicted by sharia court
An al-Shabaab ambulance then took the men to hospital, Abdullahi Madey, a Tiyeglow resident told Reuters.
Al-Shabaab militants.
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The two men had confessed to the theft in Tiyeglow district of the southern Bakool region and were ordered to refund the money, Moalim Gedow, al-Shabaab’s Bakool governor told Reuters.
An al-Shabaab ambulance then took the men to hospital, Abdullahi Madey, a Tiyeglow resident told Reuters.
Al Shabaab, which has been fighting for years to topple the central government and impose its own strict interpretation of Islamic law, carries out executions, floggings and amputations after summary trials in cases ranging from espionage to theft.
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