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Somalian gets life for murder and torture

Publish date: 16 October 2017
Issue Number: 747
Diary: IBA Legalbrief Africa
Category: General

A Somali man who tortured dozens of his compatriots and other migrants in a Libyan camp has been sentenced to life in prison by an Italian court. A report on the News24 site notes that Osman Matammud was convicted of murder and multiple counts of torture on the basis of testimony from migrants after he was spotted outside a migrant centre in Milan. Matammud, who tried to pass himself off as a regular asylum seeker extorted money from migrants in a transit camp in Bani Walid, a town in the Libyan desert. Seventeen victims testified against Matammud in the Milan court, with some saying he had beaten people to death and let others die from a lack of food, water or medical treatment. Two young women told the court he had raped them.

Full Fin24 report

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