Gunmen from Somalia’s al-Shabab fighters have publicly executed two young men they said had been spies for the government.
A senior member of the group in the port town of Marka said the teenagers had confessed.
They were executed in front of hundreds of people who were summoned to witness the event on Sunday, writes Aljzeera. net Monday.
Al-Shabab aims to topple the UN-backed government in Somalia and introduce its own version of Islamic law in the country.
Courts run by al-Shabab officials have ordered executions, floggings and amputations in recent months, mostly in the southern town of Kismayo, but also in districts of the Mogadishu held by the fighters.
