Somali military court sentences al Shabaab militant to life in jail

In a wonderful charge, Heyle Abdullahi, who got 5 years in prison, was accused of wearing female clothes, including veil, yashmak (Niqab) and black socks to conduct vandalism actions to destabilize the security and the judge said that he admitted that he had been one of al Shabaab fighters.

military court of the Somali interim federal government on Thursday sentenced a teenager to life in jail after he confessed to being a member of the al Qaeda-linked terrorist group al Shabaab.After a hearing, judge Hassan Hussein Mungab said that Abdulkadir Dahir, 19, was an active member of al Shabaab who trained as an assassination operative, according to documents, evidence and his confession.
Four other defendants were convicted by the court on charges of having worked with the militants and were sentenced to five jail terms each.Heyle Abdullahi, who got five years in prison, was accused of wearing woman's clothes, including veil, yashmak (Niqab) and black socks to conduct vandalism actions to destabilize the security. The judge said that Abdullahi admitted that he had been an al Shabaab fighters.It is the first time such verdicts announced by the newly coalesced Somali military court.In the past, the court has sentenced soldiers of the government, some of whom received the death penalty.On March 24, the military court sentenced to death two Somali soldiers who were found guilty of murder.On Jan. 15, the court executed three government soldiers who were found guilty of murder against civilians and members of the Somali army. AHN