Somalia. Man Convicted of Robbery has his Right Hand Cut Off

A man convicted of robbery by a court in Somalia’s Islamist strong hold port-town of Kismayo had his right hand cut off. Mohamed Omar Ismael stole $90 from a saving account, local reports said.

Mohamed was sentenced to the amputation of his right-hand, and the punishment was carried out in public in the city center where a large crowd of people watched on as Islamists carried out the sentence.

This is not the first time the Islamic group known as Al Shabab, who introduced strict form of Sharia, or Islamic Law, carried out this sort of incident, it was just last year when they amputated a young man named Yusuf, reports the Somaliland Press. Under strict Sharia law, theft is sentenced by severing their hand.

The death penalty is meted out for murder, rape, armed robbery, apostasy and drug trafficking. Al Shabab control much of southern Somalia and are carrying out hit-and-run-style war against the weak transitional government of Somalia led by Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed. Al Shabab are said to have foreign fighters in it’s ranks and are backed by Egypt, Iran, Libya and number of nations in the Gulf. Egypt which has long policy of waging proxy war on Ethiopia using Somalia, Eritrea and rebel groups inside Ethiopia to secure the Nile fresh water flow is said to be the main trainer of Al shabab fighters. Likewise Egypt blocks Somaliland’s international recognition so as to maintain a unified Somalia that can destabilize Ethiopia.

Source: Ecoterra Intl, May 10, 2009

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