Somalia executes four Al Shabaab fighters behind 2016 attack

A military court in Somalia has executed four men it said were Al Shabaab militants who were behind a 2016 attack that killed 80 people, a military officer said on Tuesday.

The four men were executed in Baidoa, which lies about 245km northwest of Mogadishu. The same court executed a policeman who was accused of killing a civilian and wounding the victim's two sons, officials said.