An Ethiopian federal police officer was sentenced to death by a military court in Jigjiga for the murder of Somali regional MP Juweria Subcis in late October. The military court of the Somali Region of Ethiopia’s Fafan Zone found the officer guilty of intentional homicide and sentenced him to death under Ethiopia’s Criminal Code.
In Ethiopia, the death penalty can only be enforced through the President’s written consent, and sentences are often commuted to life imprisonment.
A death sentence is applicable under the country’s penal code for crimes such as murder, terrorism, treason, and certain military offences. Convicts are executed by hanging or firing squad and carried out by the Ethiopian National Defense Force.
The officer killed the MP at Garaad Wiilwaal airport in Jigjiga after he intentionally shot dead the MP and injured five others at the spot. Many of the victims were travelers exiting the airport.
