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| Somali woman killed for not wearing veil, relatives say | Somali woman killed for not wearing veil, relatives say |
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| Militant Islamists in Somalia have shot dead a Muslim woman for refusing to wear a veil, her relatives say. | Militant Islamists in Somalia have shot dead a Muslim woman for refusing to wear a veil, her relatives say. |
| The nomadic woman was killed outside her hut near the southern Somali town of Hosingow by gunmen belonging to the al-Shabab group, they added. | The nomadic woman was killed outside her hut near the southern Somali town of Hosingow by gunmen belonging to the al-Shabab group, they added. |
| The militants had ordered her to put on a veil, and then killed her after returning and finding she was still not wearing one, the relatives said. | The militants had ordered her to put on a veil, and then killed her after returning and finding she was still not wearing one, the relatives said. |
| An al-Shabab spokesman denied the group had killed the woman. | An al-Shabab spokesman denied the group had killed the woman. |
| Al-Shabab does not fully control the area where she was living, he added. | |
| The woman's relatives, who asked not to be identified for fear of reprisals, told the BBC she was killed at about 07:30 (04:30 GMT). | |
| Al-Shabab, which controls much of southern and central Somalia, imposes strict rules of behaviour, including dress codes for men and women. |