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Somalia: Man executed by for journalists' killings

Associated Press
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    Hassan Hanafi Haji, center, a former journalist accused of belonging to al-Shabab and involvement in the killings of five Somali journalists, is tied to a wooden post as he is prepared to be executed by firing squad, at a police academy in the capital Mogadishu, Somalia Monday, April 11, 2016. Haji, who was extradited from Kenya last year on the request of the Somali government, was executed by firing squad which remains the only execution method in Somalia. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh) (The Associated Press)

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    Hassan Hanafi Haji, a former journalist accused of belonging to al-Shabab and involvement in the killings of five Somali journalists, is tied to a wooden post as he is prepared to be executed by firing squad, at a police academy in the capital Mogadishu, Somalia Monday, April 11, 2016. Haji, who was extradited from Kenya last year on the request of the Somali government, was executed by firing squad which remains the only execution method in Somalia. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh) (The Associated Press)

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    Hassan Hanafi Haji, a former journalist accused of belonging to al-Shabab and involvement in the killings of five Somali journalists, is tied to a wooden post as he is prepared to be executed by firing squad, at a police academy in the capital Mogadishu, Somalia Monday, April 11, 2016. Haji, who was extradited from Kenya last year on the request of the Somali government, was executed by firing squad which remains the only execution method in Somalia. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh) (The Associated Press)

MOGADISHU, Somalia – A former journalist accused of belonging to al-Shabab has been executed in Mogadishu, Somalia for the killings of five Somali journalists.

Official said Monday that Hassan Hanafi Haji, who was extradited from Kenya last year on the request of the Somali government, was executed by firing squad at a police academy in the capital.

Firing squad remains the only execution method in Somalia.