MOGADISHU (Halbeeg)- Eighteen former Somali National Army (SNA) soldiers have been jailed for five years each after a military court found them of guilt.
The soldiers who from 14th October battalion were charged with instigating clan-based cord and misconduct.
According to the court-martial judge, Hassan Abdirahman Adan, the soldiers confessed to committing the charges levelled against them.
Each of you has been convicted of insubordination and I hereby sentenced you to serve five years in jail,” the military bench ruled.
The soldiers are among a contingent formed last year after the country declared to launch a civil defence force following October’s deadly truck bomb attack in Mogadishu that killed over 500 people.
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