Al Shabaab militants flog soccer players in southern town

Al-Shabaab militants have flogged young teenagers in Jowhar town, 90 km north of the Somali capital Mogadishu, witnesses said on Monday.

The Shabaab accused the teenagers of wasting their time in playing football. An ad hoc court of al Shabaab sentenced the teenagers to be whipped 38 lashes each person.