Hardline Islamist militiamen in Somalia have stoned to death a man accused of raping and murdering a woman.
The execution took place in front of a large crowd in the town of Wanlaweyn, about 90km (55 miles) south of the capital Mogadishu.
The man was convicted by an unofficial court set up by the al-Shabab movement.
On Thursday in Mogadishu, al-Shabab - which advocates a strict form of Sharia - publicly amputated a hand and a foot from each of four men accused of theft.
"This man was accused of raping and killing an 18-year-old girl in May this year. The court found him guilty of the charges brought against him," Sheikh Mohamed Saleban, a local al-Shabab official, told AFP news agency on Sunday.
"Ten masked men from the al-Shabab forces stoned him to death in front of everyone. They had dug a hole, buried him to his neck before throwing stones at him," he told AFP.
BBC NEWS | Africa | Somali 'killer' stoned to death
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Better the man than the women. Good ruling shockingly enough Al Shabab
That sounds horrific (cannot defend yourself with your hands). I'm not saying the guy didn't deserve this--just that it sounds like a very painful way to go. I wonder if this would reduce the number of rapes with murder in our country if we punished them in this manner.
That sounds horrific (cannot defend yourself with your hands). I'm not saying the guy didn't deserve this--just that it sounds like a very painful way to go. I wonder if this would reduce the number of rapes with murder in our country if we punished them in this manner.
BBC NEWS | Africa | Somali 'killer' stoned to death
:applaud
Better the man than the women. Good ruling shockingly enough Al Shabab
Stoning a man to death is a good ruling?
I didn't realize rape was a crime in Somalia.
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Have they ever tried putting rapists in jail?
That sentence is barbaric and sickening. :2sick1:
What jails? :rofl
Sounds like such a gross place. Sorry Laila. You seem nice, but Somalia sounds vomit inducing.
Have they ever tried putting rapists in jail?
That sentence is barbaric and sickening. :2sick1:
What's sickening, is when a rapist is given a year's probation for raping a 10 y/o girl.
Compared to the usual letting the man off with a slap on the back or even worse, the women getting the stoning for being raped. Hell yes
Maybe this will prevent any Somali men raping their women if they know they will get the same treatment.
Sorry, where did you read it was "his" woman which led to your conclusion that it will prevent them from raping "their" women?
The other aspect I understand, even the barbaric rulership can sometimes be better than no rulership, when simply the stronger one rapes, murders, tortures at will.
Holy **** that is a lenient sentence.
It can't be worse than UK tho.
We are letting out some goddamn monster who calls herself a Mother who tortured her child, a mere toddler and killed it in THREE YEARS.
The case and what was done to him almost made me sick, his spine was snapped, left to starve, kicked, teeth knocked out, soiled himself, dropping him from 6 feet down the stairs, nails ripped out .... it goes on
Her womb should be torn out and she should be forcibly sterilized.
Now i wouldn't mind sending her to Somalia to meet justice :S
Mothers murdering their own children are not seriously punished in the western world.
Hardline Islamist militiamen in Somalia have stoned to death a man accused of raping and murdering a woman.
Holy **** that is a lenient sentence.
It can't be worse than UK tho.
We are letting out some goddamn monster who calls herself a Mother who tortured her child, a mere toddler and killed it in THREE YEARS.
The case and what was done to him almost made me sick, his spine was snapped, left to starve, kicked, teeth knocked out, soiled himself, dropping him from 6 feet down the stairs, nails ripped out .... it goes on
Her womb should be torn out and she should be forcibly sterilized.
That ain't nothin'. Andrea Yates drowned her five children in a bathtub, got life, with parole after 40 years, then, that ruling was overturned and now she's in a minimum security funny farm. I'm waiting for them to giver her weekend passes like they did with John Hinckley.
Not his literally or theirs.
But Somali women and men are one anothers almost exclusively in Somalia so it made sense and easier on me to explain it like that, my bad.
How about it'll stop Somali men raping Somali women. Better?
Because for some reason, we are more shocked at a women doing it than a man and so we do not punish it properly.
It's kind of like bowling but with only one pin.
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