Somalia's hardline Shebab militia beheaded two men for supporting President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed's internationally backed government, a militiaman and one of the victims' relatives told AFP Friday.
The men were killed Wednesday close to Baidoa, a town in southern Somalia controlled by the militia, a Shebab fighter told AFP on condition of anonymity.
"It's true that two men found assisting the enemy of Allah were beheaded three days ago and several others are still in detention," he said. "They are being investigated and if found guilty they will face execution."
Muktar Abdullahi, whose brother was one of the murdered men, said: "We have been looking for them in the past week and we finally got information confirming they were beheaded."
"Nobody has clearly explained to us why they were killed, but some Shebab members say they were aiding the Somali government," Abdullahi said.
The men went missing 10 days ago.
The Shebab, fighting to oust Sharif, have imposed strict sharia, or Islamic law in areas under their control.
Last month Shebab militiamen chopped off the right hand and left foot of four people found guilty of theft by their court in the capital Mogadishu.
The Islamist insurgents in early May launched a new offensive against the government.
More than 200,000 people have been displaced in the past two months, while hundreds of civilians are believed to have been killed and wounded, according to the U.N. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.
Source: AFP
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