Report: 680 executed by Somali gunmen

Unknown gunmen have killed 682 civilians, including a foreign journalist, in executions over the past year in Somalia, a local human rights group said in a report today.

The killings took place largely in the Somali capital, Mogadishu. Some were for unknown reasons, others due to clan differences or for other reasons, said the report by the Dr Ismael Jumale Human Rights Centre.