ANOTHER EXECUTION: Al-Shabaab Spokesperson Killed

A former spokesman for terror group AL-Shabaab was on Monday, April 11 executed by firing squad by the government of Somalia.
The spokesman was accused of killing six journalists in Somalia.
Hassan Hanafi, who arranged news conferences for AL-Shabaab when the militants controlled the capital Mogadishu, admitted during his trial to personally killing one journalist in Somalia.

“Today, the court fulfills the execution of Hassan Hanafi who had killed journalists,” Abdullahi Hassan, deputy judge of the Somali court, told reporters at the sceneof the execution.

Hanafi had his face masked and was tied to a pole before government soldiers opened fire at an execution field at a police training camp.

Hassan Hanafi Haji, a former journalist accused of belonging and being the spokesman to al-Shabab and involvement in the killings of five Somali journalists, is tied to a wooden post as he is prepared to be executed by firing squad, at a police academy in the capital Mogadishu, Somalia Monday, April 11, 2016. Haji, who was extradited from Kenya last year on the request of the Somali government, was executed by firing squad which remains the only execution method in Somalia.

Hanafi just before his execution and on right soldiers ready to fire at him.

The execution of Hanafi comes just a day after the Somali military court executed to members of al-Shabaab for killing of a journalist.
The  two, Abdirisak Mohamed Barow and Hassan Nur Ali, who admitted being al-Shabaab members during their trial, were shot in Mogadishu.
Abdulahi Hussein Mohamed, deputy judge of the supreme military court confirmed the execution to journalists.

“Both of them were found guilty of murdering journalist Hindiyo Haji Mohamed whose car was blown with explosive device,” Hussein said.