Somali mastermind of Al-Qaeda attack, Hassan Hanafi sentenced to death (Photos)

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Hassan Hanafi Haji sits inside the Mogadishu's military court during a hearing for his alleged role in the killings of Somali journalists, in Mogadishu, Somalia, Thursday, March, 3, 2016.  Former journalist accused of belonging to an Islamic extremist group, Hassan Hanafi Haji has been sentenced to death by a military court for his alleged role in the killings of Somali journalists.  (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)According to TBW, a former Somalian journalist who helped terrorist group al-Shabab kill fellow reporters has been sentenced to death.

Hassan Hanafi – who has a scar similar to fictional character Frankenstein – helped the Islamist militant group, linked to al-Qaeda, by identifying possible targets among journalists between 2007 and 2011.

He had worked as a field reporter and presenter at a radio station before joining the radical group.

He had been promoted to commander in 2009. The following year, he was seriously injured in fighting.

While he was working for al-Shabab, he would call up journalists and threaten them with death if they refused to join the militant organisation.

Hassan Hanafi - who has a scar similar to fictional character Frankenstein - has been sentenced to death 

The 30-year-old joined the terrorist group in 2007 when he was working as a journalist for a Somali broadcasterTBW; Photo credit: AFP/Getty Images, AP

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