21 June 2018: a military court in Kismayo town on Thursday sentenced a soldier to death for killing a civilian in May.
The court found guilty Constable Abdirishid Hassan Ahmed, 25 years for killing Mohamed Abdullahi Hirsi.
The chairperson of the SNA first degree Military court in Jubbaland State, Bashiir Mohamud Hared said the convicted soldier was him guilty of killing the victim deliberately.
“Having heard from the appellant and the state prosecutor, I hereby sentence Constable Abdirishid Hassan Ahmed who killed Mohamed Abdullahi Hirsi in May, to death,” the military judge said in his ruling.
Meanwhile, the military court judge stressed that the defendant can pursue an appeal.
This verdict comes on the heel of death penalty extended to Abdullahi Asad Ismail who killed his wife in April.
In Somalia, the military court often sentences government soldiers to death after accusing them of killing against civilians and other soldiers.

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