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The scene is not from the barbaric Dark Ages, but done a militant group in Somalia on Sunday (13/12/2009). The group was forced villagers watch the stoning to death a man who otherwise commit adultery.http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif

Mohamed Abukar Ibrahim, a poor man's 48-year-old, buried alive in a standing position, only the neck and head still on the ground, then stoned to death. The militant group, Hizbul Islam, was also shot dead another man for committing murder. Esksekusi against the two men took place in Afgoye, about 20 miles southwest of Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia. LEGAL HISTORY OFF, MUST READ


But such a sentence shake it, eyewitnesses said, and then triggering a battle between two factions within the militant group. As a result, three militants were killed.

The group ordered the villagers to go into a field. There, a judge of the rebels announced that the two men confessed to their murder and adultery. The judge added, involved a woman who has been convicted of adultery whipped 100 times.

"This is the Day of Judgement against them," said the judge, Osman Hasan Siidow, to citizens who were forced menoton. "We have been investigating and they have confessed," he said.

But some members of militant groups that want to delay the execution. An armed fighting broke out between them. "Three members of the Hizbul Islam were killed and five others injured after they attack each other," said Halima Osman, shopkeepers in Afgoye, by telephone, told Reuters in Mogadishu. "Some want to delay the execution while the other insisted. They then shot each other. The group is against the execution of losing, then ran away," Osman added.

"I can not see," said one other resident, Ali Gabow, told Reuters. "Women are associated with a second man (who was stoned) were given only 100 times since perempaun whip, said he was never married."

It was the first execution carried out Hizbul Islam. Such punishments are usually carried out in Somalia harder rebel group, al Shabaab. The United States has declared Al Shabaab is based in a failed state in the Horn of Africa as a member of Al Qaeda network.

President of Somalia, Sheikh Sharif Ahmed, who seconded the West starategis only controls a number of places in Mogadishu. Western security experts say, Somalia has become a safe haven for militant groups, including foreign groups, which makes the country as a place to prepare attacks on areas or targets wider again.

There is anxiety, Somalia will become like Afghanistan before the events of 9 / 11. Al Shabaab, Hizbul Islam too, are against the government and trying mendesakan harsh sharia law throughout the country. Ulama Al Shabaab has banned movies, dance at weddings, playing or watching soccer, as well as implementing stoning to death and beheading in a region already dikuasinya.

The conflict has killed 19 thousand civilians in Somalia since 2007 and caused 1.5 million people displaced. Chaos also occurred off the coast. Somalai Pirates hijack commercial ships that pass in the Indian Ocean and Gulf of Aden and has grossed tens of millions of dollars of ransom money for these ships.


Moments before being executed. Mohamed Abukar Abraham was buried in the ground, his hands still looked keduan. In the background appear villagers who were forced to watch the execution of Ibrahim.