Wow.  State Sanctioned Executions By Knife Wielding 16-year olds.  I sure am glad I live in The United States of America where we don’t have such an odd culture of State Sponsored death, and are protected by the 8th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.  Whewwww.

From The BBC: 

Boy, 16, executes father’s killer

A teenage Somali boy has stabbed to death his father’s killer in a public execution ordered by an Islamic court. Large crowds gathered at a Koranic school in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, to watch Mohamed Moallim, 16, stab Omar Hussein in the head and throat.

Hussein had been convicted of killing the boy’s father, Sheikh Osman Moallim, after a row about Mohamed’s education.

Islamic courts have brought a semblance of order to Mogadishu, imposing Sharia law after years of rule by warlords.

However there is some opposition to the courts. A group of warlords has been fighting a militia loyal to the Islamic courts, which they accuse of links to al-Qaeda.

Under Sharia law those who commit murder are punishable by death.

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