Two Men Executed by Firing Squad in Somalia for Killing Journalist

By: Roy Greenslade | The Guardian

Two men convicted of killing a journalist have been executed by firing squad in Somalia, according to an Associated Press report.

Colonel Mohamed Hassan, a spokesman for the judiciary in Mogadishu, said Ali Bashir Osman and Abdullahi Shariff were convicted of the killing of Mohammed Mohamud Tima Adde, a reporter for the UK-based Universal TV, who was shot in his car on 22 October 2013.