Mogadishu – Somalia’s al-Qaeda-inspired Shebab Islamists
On Thursday publicly chopped off the right hand of a man
Accused of stealing cellphones, witnesses And officials said.
The punishment took place in the southern port
Town of Merka under the control of the extremist Group,
And where they have imposed strict sharia, or Islamic law.
This punishment is part of broad effort to implement sharia in the country. Anybody who steals gets his hands chopped off,” said Sheikh Isa Mohamed, a Shebab official.
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