MOGADISHU, Oct 27: Thousands of people gathered on Monday to witness 50 Somali men stone a woman to death after an Islamic court in the southern port of Kismayo found her guilty of adultery, witnesses said.

Aisho Ibrahim Dhuhulow, who had been found guilty of extra-marital intercourse was buried in the ground up to her neck while the men pelted her head with rocks.

“Our sister Aisha asked the Islamic Sharia court in Kismayo to be charged and punished for the crime she committed,” local Islamist leader Sheikh Hayakallah told the crowd. She admitted in front of the court to engaging in adultery, he added.

“She was asked several times to review her confession but she stressed that she wanted Sharia law and the deserved punishment to apply.” The execution was carried in one of the city’s main squares.—AFP