Somali man stoned to death for adultery

Somali militants have stoned a man to death after an
 Islamic court convicted him of adultery.

Dayow Mohamed Hassan, 44, was buried neck-deep
 and pelted to death with stones by al-Shabab fighters.

He was convicted of being in an adulterous relationship
 with a woman and impregnating her, despite having two wives, an official said.

Al-Shabab occasionally passes such sentences for
 sexual offences in areas it controls in Somalia.

In 2014, a teenage boy was stoned to death after being
convicted of raping a woman.

In 2008, a young girl was killed in a similar manner after
 being convicted of adultery.

In the latest case, a woman filed a complaint of rape
 against Hassan, but the court tried him for adultery as it is easier to prove, says ERICGOSSIP news.

Hundreds of people watched him being stoned death
 in Ramo Adey village in the south-central Bay region, said Moalim Geedow, the al-Shabab governor for the area.

"The man had a third woman who was a divorcee...
 He deceived her, saying that he went to a sheikh 
[religious leader] and that he married her," Mr Geedow
 told Reuters news agency.

"However, when the woman got pregnant, the two
 families debated and there was no trace of valid
 matrimony. The court ruled he did not marry her legally
 and he was stoned to death."

Al-Shabab is fighting to overthrow the weak UN-backed
government in Somalia and impose its own strict interpretation of Islamic law.

It has lost control of many towns and cities to a 22,000
-strong African Union force supporting the government.

But the group, linked to al-Qaeda, still has a strong
 presence in many rural areas.