Somali judge 'killed by pirates'

Thu Nov 12, 2009

A Somali official has accused the country's pirates and militants of assassinating a top judge who had delivered 'tough' guilty verdicts to criminals.

Somalia's security minister for northern territories, also known as Puntland, Mohamed Said Samatar says pirates and militia groups have executed the country's High Court Judge Mohammed Abdi Aware over his efforts to confront militancy and piracy with harsh prison sentences.

Samatar announced on Thursday the arrest of three unspecified gunmen who allegedly participated in Judge Aware's killing.

Aware was shot dead after leaving a mosque in Puntland on Wednesday, eyewitnesses said.

Somalia's northern Puntland territories have enjoyed relative calm compared to the central and southern regions where militancy takes human toll on an almost daily basis.

Source: PressTV.
Link: http://edition.presstv.ir/detail/111107.html.