A woman in Somalia has been stoned to death after an Islamic Sharia law court found her guilty of adultery. She was buried up to her neck and then pelted to death with stones in front of a large crowd in Kismayo. A local Islamist leader said the woman, Aisho Ibrahim Dhuhulow, had pleaded guilty to committing adultery. "She was asked several times to review her confession but she stressed that she wanted Sharia law and the deserved punishment to apply," said Sheikh Hayakallah. A group of men performed the execution in one of the city's main squares in front of thousands of people. (AFP, BBC)
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