Military Court Sentences Six to Death Over Murder of Businessman in Mogadishu

GOOBJOOG NEWS | MOGADISHU: Somalia’s Supreme Military Court Thursday issued a verdict on a murder case against former Hiliwa district police chief and other officers for the killing of a businessman in February.

The court heard that the accused took part in the killing of famous businessman Abukar Ahmed Kabaab in the outskirts of Mogadishu.

In April, the military court handed various sentences to six men, but the defendants appealed.

In today’s ruling, the Court upheld the death penalty for the police station chief, Abdifatah Mohamed Hassan Qoslaye, and two ex-police officers, Mohamed Abdi Mohamed Qone.

Another defendant, Liban Mohamed Ahmed, who was absent, was sentenced to life imprisonment.

Other accused; Mohamed Adawe Ali, Yasin Abdi Jama, and Hassan Mohamed Saeed Dhin-Dhin received seven-year prison sentences.

Earlier, the court had stripped Commander Qoslaye and Qoone of their military ranks and expelled them from the Somali Police Force.