Three al Shabaab terrorists were executed by the Somali firing squad after a military court sentenced the trio death. The three were found guilty for their involvement in Nasa Hablod 2 hotel attack on October 2017.
On 28th October 2017, the three planned and executed an attack at the hotel that killed 18 people and over 50 people were injured. The court which sat for the case on May last year finally ruled that suspects namely Farhan Mohamed Samatar, Abdinasir Daqane Hassan and Abshir Mohamed Haji were found guilty as members of the armed group that took part in the heinous hotel attack.
Al Shabaab has been terrorizing residents of Somalia especially with Improvised explosive devices attacks especially in hotels in the capital and other major towns. Intelligence has continuously revealed that al Shabaab targets hotels where they believe intelligence and military officers frequent with no regards of the civilian collateral damage.
