

Tuesday January 7, 2020

GAROWE (HOL) - An Al-Shabaab convict who was condemned to face the firing squad last July was today handed a new lease of life by an appeals court in Puntland in a case that saw four other Al-Shabaab and Deash members get reduced jail terms.





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The court also reduced sentences for three other defendants to 15 years but upheld the death sentence for Mohamed Hassan Baraka whom the court said was an IED expert for the militant group. He was captured in Almadow during a clash with Puntland forces.Bishar Mohamed, a daesh member found guilty of killing a military commander and a regular soldier in Bosaso also had his death sentenced affirmed by the court.Four others had their jail terms reduced to 15, five, three and two years.