Yusuf Abdi Ali
Yusuf Abdi Ali "Tukeh" is a Somali former head of the Somali National Army’s Fifth Brigade.[1] In 2019, a US jury found Ali guilty of committing acts of torture during Somalia's civil war in the late 1980s.[2]
In 2022, Ali was arrested by in Springfield, Virginia regarding his war crimes including extrajudicial killing; torture; cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment; and arbitrary detention.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Former Uber driver Yusuf Abdi Ali responsible for torture in Somalia, jury finds". Sky News. Retrieved 2022-11-19.
- ^ "Virginia Uber driver was Somali war criminal". BBC News. 2019-05-21. Retrieved 2022-11-19.
- ^ Watts, Lindsay (2022-11-18). "Former Somali army officer accused of torture arrested in Virginia". FOX 5 DC. Retrieved 2022-11-19.
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