Ahmed Nur, a local resident, told Reuters by phone people in the area had been asked by al Shabaab to gather near its camp. According to al Shabaab's radio, Al Andalus, the four executed men were sentenced to death on Friday afternoon "after they were proved working with (the) CIA, Kenya and Somalia." In 2011, al Shabaab was ejected from Mogadishu by the African Union force AMISOM, and last year it was also pushed out of its southern Somalia strongholds by a combination of AMISOM and the Somali National Army. The group wants to topple Somalia's Western-backed government and rule the country according to sharia law. "They were publicly executed in a field in Bula Fulay village of Bay region," Al Andalus said, referring to an area in southern Somalia.

Source: The Star June 11, 2016 07:41 UTC