A
soldier who mistakenly shot a government minister dead has received
severe punishment for the act which has raised some dust over time.
File photo: Somali soldiers
A court martial on Monday sentenced a Somali soldier to death for
killing a government minister after mistaking him for an Islamist
militant, NAN reports.
Public works minister Abbas Siraji was shot dead on May 3, in his car in the capital Mogadishu.
Soldier Ahmed Abdulahi Ahmed, was condemned to death by a military court “for mistakenly shooting the minister,” army officer Hassan Noor told Reuters.
A second soldier at the scene at the time was released without charge on Monday.
Siraji, 31, grew up in a Kenyan refugee camp and was the country’s youngest minister.
Militants from the al Qaeda-affiliated group al Shabaab have
carried out frequent attacks in Mogadishu as they fight to oust
Somalia’s Western-backed government and drive out African Union
peacekeeping troops.
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