Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Somalia: A Fine Measured in Camels

An Islamic court in southern Somalia on Tuesday sentenced a man who had killed a United Nations aid worker to pay the victim’s family 100 female camels as compensation. The defendant pleaded guilty to the murder of a senior World Food Program official. The trial took place in a region that is under the control of the Shabab, a hard-line Islamist group, and its allies.

Source: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE

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