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             SOMALIA: AL-SHABAAB PUBLICLY EXECUTES TWO IN JAMAME
                           October 7, 2021:  Al-Shabaab militants executed two men in a public square on 5 October 2021 in the Lower Jubba's Jamame district, accusing one of the men of being a sorcerer and the other a Somali government soldier. Mohamed Mowlid Aden, who was suspected of being a government soldier and Abdullahi Hassan Omar, who was accused of practicing dark magic, were both shot dead by a firing squad in front of at least a hundred people, according to witnesses. Both men have lived in Jamame, a farming community some 70 km (43 miles) north of Kismayo.  (Source: Hiiraan, 06/10/2021)
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