A judge who jailed pirates and members of Somalia’s anti-government group, al-Shabab, has been shot dead in Bossaso, a port in Somalia’s semi-autonomous Puntland region, police say. Mohamed Abdi Aware was shot several times in the head and chest by two …
Read Original Story: Judge shot dead in Somalia – Aljazeera.net
Nairobi/Mogadishu – A Somali judge who sentenced four men with links to Islamist insurgent group al-Shabaab to jail terms has been shot dead in the semi-autonomous Puntland region, local media reports said on Thursday. Radio Garowe said armed and …
Read Original Story: Judge shot dead in Somalia – Independent Online
MOGADISHU, Somalia — The security minister for northern Somalia says gunmen have killed a top Somali judge who had sentenced many pirates and human traffickers to long jail terms. Mohamed Said Samatar said Thursday that three men had been arrested over …
Read Original Story: Somali judge who jailed pirates, insurgents killed – The Associated Press
A judge in northern Somalia has been shot dead. Most of the cases tried by Mohamed Abdi Aware involved Somali pirates and members of a militant rebel group. Two masked men opened fire on him as he left a mosque in Bossaso, a port town in the …
Read Original Story: Anti-pirate judge killed in Somalia – Radio Netherlands
Unknown assailants have gunned down Sheikh Mohamed Abdi Aware, the head of Puntlad’s 1st Law court in the commercial port city of Bossasso. According to eyewitness, masked men opened fire on Sheikh Aware shortly after leaving a mosque in the town. …
Read Original Story: Somalia: Gunmen kill Puntland's Chief Justice, lawmaker – Garowe Online
Unknown assailants have shot a Supreme Court judge and a lawmaker dead in the autonomous town of Puntland on Wednesday evening, eye witnesses said. Mohamed Abdi Aware, a judge was killed in the region’s commercial capital Bossaso while lawmaker Ibrahim …
Read Original Story: Somalia: Gunmen kill two officials – AfricaNews
MOGADISHU, Nov. 12 (Xinhua) — Two senior regional officials, a lawmaker and a judge, were gunned down overnight in the northeastern semi-autonomous Somali region of Puntland. Ibrahim Elmi Gaab, a lawmaker in the Puntland regional parliament, …
Read Original Story: Gunmen in Somalia's Puntland region shot dead top officials – Xinhua
(RTTNews) – A Somali judge who jailed pirates and Islamist insurgents have been shot dead by two masked men in the semi-autonomous Puntland region, said officials and local reports on Thursday. Police officials said that judge Mohamed Abdi Aware was …
Read Original Story: Judge Shot Dead In Somalia – RTT News
A judge known for jailing pirates and Islamists has been shot dead in Somalia’s northern Puntland region. Sheikh Mohamed Abdi Aware was killed outside a mosque in Bossaso, capital of the semi-autonomous region, where many pirates are based. …
Read Original Story: Gunmen kill Somalia pirate judge – BBC News
MOGADISHU, Somalia — Gunmen have killed a top Somali judge who had sentenced many pirates and human traffickers to long jail terms, the security minister for northern Somalia said Thursday. Mohamed Said Samatar said three men were arrested Thursday …
Read Original Story: Somali judge who jailed pirates, insurgents killed – The Associated Press
