Steal a phone in Somalia, get your right hand and left foot chopped off
By Stefan Constantinescu on Friday, June 26th, 2009 at 5:21 AM PST In Random
Stealing someone’s mobile phone makes you a dick. Stealing someone’s mobile phone in Somalia is an easy way to lose a few pounds, easy because you’ll be living the rest of your life without your right hand and left foot. At an al-Shabab camp, just north of Mogadishu, four men (pictured right) who have been sentenced for stealing mobile phones, and weapons, were forced to wear masks over their faces while a machete removed two appendages, all the while a crowd was watching.
Moral of the story: If you want an iPhone, save up your pennies.
[Via: Voice of America]
I wonder what happens when you steal a car…
[...] Don’t Steal Cell Phones You shouldn’t steal a cell phone anywhere in the world… but if you were going to pick one place don’t pick Somalia. The 4 kids below did exactly that and are now missing their right hand and left foot. I am disgusted that stuff like this still happens in the world… ugh. [Voice of America via IntoMobile] [...]
[...] Don’t Steal Cell Phones You shouldn’t steal a cell phone anywhere in the world… but if you were going to pick one place don’t pick Somalia. The 4 kids below did exactly that and are now missing their right hand and left foot. I am disgusted that stuff like this still happens in the world… ugh. [Voice of America via IntoMobile] [...]
[...] Don’t Steal Cell Phones You shouldn’t steal a cell phone anywhere in the world… but if you were going to pick one place don’t pick Somalia. The 4 kids below did exactly that and are now missing their right hand and left foot. I am disgusted that stuff like this still happens in the world… ugh. [Voice of America via IntoMobile] [...]