The two boys were accused of molestation, spying, respectively
(AP) - Militants from Somalia's most feared insurgent group used a firing squad to execute two teenagers in public yesterday, say witnesses and officials. The executions took place in front of hundreds of people summoned to witness the killings in the capital. The firing squad was made up of five masked men. A self-described "judge" inside al-Shabab said that one of the two teens, age 15, was accused of sexually assaulting a 9-year-old boy. The other, age 18, was accused of being a government spy. More»