SOMALIA EXECUTION

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SOMALIA EXECUTION
An Islamist fighter poses with his weapon as he keeps the crowd at bay during an execution of a Somali, Ali Hussein, in Bulo Marer, Somalia, Saturday, Dec.13, 2008. The execution ceremony were attended by members of Islamic adminstration in the Lowere Shabelle region in the south of Mogadishu and large crowd of spectators attended. 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, where Ali Hussein, who was accused of beheading his mother, was shot by a firing squad of three men. (AP Photo / Farah Abdi Warsameh) . .