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Somalia’s military court has sentenced a police station director and his deputy to death accused of kidnapping and killing a trader.
The court sentenced to death the director of police in Mogadishu’s Halwa district, Abdifatah Mohamed Hassan, and his deputy, Mohamed Abdi Mohamed, on charges of kidnapping and premeditated murder of merchant Abubakar Ahmed Kabah on 24 February 2024.
The court revealed the involvement of the two individuals in planning and carrying out the murder, and sentenced Liban Mohamed Omar and Hassan Mohamed Saeed to 15 years in prison, and Mohamed Adawi Ali and Yassin Abdi Jama to 10 years in prison for their participation in the conspiracy.
The military court decided to strip the defendants of their military ranks and expel them from the police force.
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