MOGADISHU (Sunatimes) - Two government soldiers were executed in Mogadishu, Somalia in accusation of killing a civilian and a soldier, officials confirmed on Monday – as Somalia president Sharif Sheik Ahmed declared a state of emergency in parts of the capital abandoned by Al-Shabaab terror groups.

This came as pressure from the international community on keeping the government soldiers accountable for their abuses.

The two soldiers had been blindfolded and tied up to poles in the square of police academy where they were shot to death.

The military court judge told reporters at Mogadishu that any soldier who kills a person or loots property will be executed. 

The government, which now in control of much of the capital following the withdrawal of the Islamist rebels, is expecting a humanitarian force to protect the food aid.

By. Dahir Alasow