Somali militants kill two men accused of rape, al Shabaab says

Somali militants kill two men accused of rape, al Shabaab says

Somali Islamist militants said they publicly stoned one man to death and shot dead another on Monday after both were accused of raping a girl in central Somalia. A senior militant spokesman said the group had picked up both men in the town of Beledweyne, where the rape occurred. Both had belonged to pro-government forces, he said, but the government denied that, saying they were “bandits”. Ahmed Ibrahim, 29, and Yusuf Ali Bajin, 22, admitted at…