Somalia: Adulterer stoned to death
ISLAMISTS in southern Somalia have stoned a man to death for adultery but spared his pregnant girlfriend until she gives birth.
Extremist group Al-Shabaab, widely seen as the Taleban of Africa, executed 33-year-old Abas Hussein Abdirahman in front of a crowd of around 300 in the port of Merka.
An official from the group, which is officially regarded as a terrorist-supporting organisation by US authorities, said the man's unidentified lover would face the same fate after her child is born. The infant will be given to family members.
Al-Shahaab have already stoned two other adulterers to death this year.
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