Somali judge who jailed pirates is killed

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009...F-Somalia.html

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Gunmen have killed a top Somali judge who had sentenced many pirates and
human traffickers to long jail terms, the security minister for northern
Somalia said Thursday.

Mohamed Said Samatar said three men were arrested Thursday over the
killing of High Court Judge Mohamed Abdi Aware. In addition to jailing
suspected pirates, Aware also recently jailed four members of Somalia's
Islamic insurgency.

Eyewitness Mohamud Dahir said masked men with pistols shot the judge in
the head and chest several times as he left a mosque Wednesday evening
in the port city of Bossaso.
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