Photo: AP SOMALI Islamist militants executed two football fans and arrested dozens of others for breaking a ban on watching the World Cup, Reuters has reported.
Gunmen from the Hizbul Islam group swooped on homes in the Afgoi district, 19 miles south of the capital Mogadishu on Sunday and Monday.
Their crackdown came after Islamist groups had banned Somalis from watching World Cup matches on TV.
Rebel hardliners say that watching football is "un-Islamic" and that it distracts citizens from their duty to overthrow the troubled east African country's government.
"Hizbul Islam killed two people and arrested 35 others, all World Cup fans," Ali Yasin Gedi, vice-chairman of the Elman rights group, told Reuters Tuesday.
"Islamists unexpectedly entered houses in Afgoi district and then fired (at) some people who tried to jump over the wall to escape" he added.
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