Somali military court has today slapped a military soldier with death sentence for raping little girl in Somalia’s capital city, Mogadishu.
The soldier identified as Mohamed Hussein Elmi raped a four year old girl in Wadajir district, according to the prosecutors.
Statement by the court said Elmi who trials began last month was found guilty of the crime.
His trials concluded 24th of last month.
Military deputy attorney general Mumim Hussein Abdullahi appealed to the court to deliver its verdict in a manner that will send a message to would-be rapists.
The sentence of the soldier come less than a month after a 20 year old women was allegedly raped and thrown to death in Mogadishu.
The fateful day, another young in one of the IDP camps in the city was sodomised by two men in clad SNA.
The following week was another case of sexual violation in Mogadishu after a five-year-old was raped in by a neighbour.
A family in Fanaole village in Kaaran district said their daughter was taken in by a neighbour and raped.
Digfer Hospital confirmed the baby was raped and said she was undergoing treatment at the facility.
The government reported that they have arrested several suspects to linked to rape cases in the city.
