Somalia's al-Shabab stones man to death for adultery
Somali militants have stoned a man to death after an Islamic court convicted him of adultery.
Dayow Mohamed Hassan, 44, was buried neck-deep and pelted to death with stones by al-Shabab fighters.
He
was convicted of being in an adulterous relationship with a woman and
impregnating her, despite having two wives, an official said.
Al-Shabab occasionally passes such sentences for sexual offences in areas it controls in Somalia.
In 2014, a teenage boy was stoned to death after being convicted of raping a woman.
In 2008, a young girl was killed in a similar manner after being convicted of adultery.
In
the latest case, a woman filed a complaint of rape against Hassan, but
the court tried him for adultery as it is easier to prove, says BBC
Somali's Mohamed Mohamed.
Hundreds of people watched him being
stoned death in Ramo Adey village in the south-central Bay region, said
Moalim Geedow, the al-Shabab governor for the area.
"The man had a third woman who was a divorcee... He deceived her,
saying that he went to a sheikh [religious leader] and that he married
her," Mr Geedow told Reuters news agency.
"However, when the
woman got pregnant, the two families debated and there was no trace of
valid matrimony. The court ruled he did not marry her legally and he was
stoned to death."
Al-Shabab is fighting to overthrow the weak
UN-backed government in Somalia and impose its own strict interpretation
of Islamic law.
It has lost control of many towns and cities to a 22,000-strong African Union force supporting the government.
But the group, linked to al-Qaeda, still has a strong presence in many rural areas.
BBC
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