APTOPIX SOMALIA EXECUTION
Blindfolded Ali Hussein, who was accused of beheading his mother, is prepared for execution as the crowd watches in Bulo Marer , Somalia, Saturday, Dec.13, 2008. Fighters loyal to the Islamist insurgent group al Shabaab on Saturday afternoon publicly executed two men accused of killing their parents, the first such punishment since the Islamists took control of Lower Shabelle region in the South of Mogadishu. The first execution occurred in Bulo Marer, a trading post in Lower Shabelle region where Ali Hussein, who was accused of beheading his mother, was shot by a firing squad of three men. (AP Photo/ Mohamed Sheikh Nor)
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