Somali rebels amputate hands and feet of accused robbers

Somali rebels amputate hands and feet of accused robbers

NAIROBI - Somalia's hardline al Shabaab insurgents amputated a foot and a hand each from two young men accused of being robbers in southern Kismayu port on Friday.

A third local man who was sentenced to suffer the same punishment had only his foot cut off after the rebels realized one of his hands was disabled.

Al Shabaab, which Washington says is al-Qaida's proxy in the failed Horn of Africa state, has imposed its strict version of Islamic law on much of the south and parts of Mogadishu.

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