Militant Islamists kill Somali woman for not wearing veil

A Muslim woman in Somalia was shot down by Militant Islamists for refusing to wear a veil, said her relatives.

Militants killed the girl, identified as Ruqiya Farah Yarow, in southern Somali town of Hosingow outside her hut, relatives further said.

The militants had asked her to put on a veil and shot her dead after returning and finding her without a veil.

The gunmen belonged to the al-Shabab group, reports the BBC.

However, the spokesman of al-Shabab group denied that the group had killed the girl.

Al-Shabab group controls the southern and central Somalia and imposes rigid dress codes for men and women.