Al Shabaab to try French Hostages under shariah law

Things don't look good for the two Frenchmen. BBC

Two French security advisers seized in Somalia will be tried under Sharia law, an official from their captors, the Islamic al-Shabab militia, says.

The unnamed spokesman said they would be tried for spying and "conspiracy against Islam".

The punishment for "conspiracy against islam" is crucifixion, beheading, amputation of opposing limbs or expulsion from the land.

The two, who were training government troops, were kidnapped by gunmen in a Mogadishu hotel on Tuesday and later handed over to al-Shabab insurgents.[...]

The al-Shabab official said no date had been set for the trial of the two men.