Witnesses say Islamist militants in Somalia have executed two men accused by the fighters of murder and adultery.
Witnesses in the town of Afgoye, southwest of the capital Mogadishu, say the Hizbul Islam militants on Sunday stoned to death Mohamed Abukar Ibrahim who was accused of adultery and shot Ahmed Mahmoud Hawale who was accused of murder.
Video footage showed the executions but AP Television edited out the moment of death.
Witnesses said the militants summoned the town's residents to watch the executions.
An 18-year-old woman, Halimo Sheik Abdulle, was also seen receiving lashings for allegedly having illegal sexual intercourse with the man who was later stoned to death by the Somali rebel group.
Islamic courts run by radical clerics have ordered executions, floggings and amputations in recent months.
In some areas militants have also banned movies, musical telephone ringtones, dancing at weddings and playing or watching soccer. Somalia has been ravaged by violence since warlords overthrew dictator Mohamed Siad Barre in 1991, then turned on each other.
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