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Publisher (J.T)
May 13, 2019
A Somalian Court has handed down deathsentences to three men for the rape and murder of a twelve-year-old girl.
The Court in northern semi-autonomousstate of Puntland acquitted seven others.
The girl was abducted from a market inGalkayo town in February. Her body was discovered and a post-mortem found thatthat she had been strangled to death after being gang-raped.
The crime led to street protests as wellas reaction on social media with calls for the Puntland government to takeaction.