23 March 2017: Puntland’s high court has upheld the death sentence of five Al-Shabaab suspects and the life imprisonment of two others. The seven were sentenced to death by the Puntland military court on February 13, but took an appeal from the sentence. Their relatives and lawyers confirmed the new sentence to VOA Somali Service. The seven defendants were accused of carrying out high-profile killings in Bosaso. Their lawyers previously termed the sentence as unfair and no credible evidences were brought before the court. The two spared from death penalty are the juveniles Mohamed Yassin Abdi (17) and Daud Saeed Sahal (18) (Source: VOA Somali)