Moroccan IS fighters sentenced to death in Somalia - BBC News

The men will be executed by a firing squad if their appeal against the sentence fails.

2 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, SOCIAL MEDIAImage caption, Last year, Somali authorities executed at least 16 people believed to be al-Shabab or Islamic State fighters, according to local rights groupsBy Gloria AradiBBC NewsA military court in Somalia has sentenced six Islamic State fighters from Morocco to death.

The men will be executed by a firing squad if their appeal, which they have one month to file, is unsuccessful.

"They came to Somalia to support Isis [IS} and destroy and shed blood," the court's deputy chairman, Col Ali Ibrahim Osman, told VOA Somali.

The men's lawyer said they had been misled into joining IS and were seeking to be deported to Morocco.

It is the first time authorities in the semi-autonomous Puntland region have charged or sentenced foreigners for joining IS.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-68444127

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