Somalia executes four it says were al Shabaab fighters behind 2016 attack
MOGADISHU -- A military court in Somalia has executed four men it said were fighters belonging to al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab who were behind a 2016 attack that killed 80 people, a military officer said on Tuesday.
The four men were executed in Baidoa, which lies about 245 km northwest of Mogadishu, on Monday.
"Yesterday, four militants who had been behind blasts were executed. More men accused of being al Shabaab members will be executed today or tomorrow," Major Nur Aden, a military officer in Baidoa, told Reuters.
