NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Islamic extremists in Somalia tortured and executed a young Christian they accused of trying to convert a 15-year-old Muslim to Christianity, even though they found no evidence to support the charge.

Mumin Abdikarim Yusuf, 23, was abducted by members of the radical al Shabaab group on Oct. 28 after the boy reported him to the militants, according to the Compass Direct news service. Yusuf's body was found Nov. 14 in a residential area of Mogadishu. He reportedly died of two gunshots to the head, and the body showed signs of torture, including broken fingers and missing teeth.

The extremist group reportedly raided Yusuf's home after he was accused, but failed to find anything relating to Christianity and still took him into custody, Compass Direct reported. Yusuf's parents apparently did not know their son had become a Christian and told the militants he was still a Muslim. They were ordered to appear before an al Shabaab court. Underground church leaders in Mogadishu reportedly have relocated believers who knew Yusuf, in case he divulged information about them while he was being tortured.

Al Shabaab, which reportedly is linked to the al-Qaida terror network, controls parts of Mogadishu and other areas of the country, which has been without a strong central government since the 1991 ouster of dictator Siad Barre. A transitional government backed by the African Union and Western nations is trying to regain control of the country.

The extremists have demonstrated they have no qualms about killing those they perceive to be sympathetic to any "foreign" religion and did not execute Yusuf quickly only because they had no evidence against him except the testimony of the teenage boy, an unidentified source told Compass Direct.

"In Islam, to execute someone you need to have evidence of three witnesses, and they didn't have it," the source said. "Al Shabaab is known to do whatever they like, and they don't even follow the rules of their religion they claim adherence to."

JEWISH RADICAL INDICTED IN 2008 BOMB ATTACK -- An ultra-Orthodox Jewish nationalist has been indicted for a March 20, 2008, bombing that severely wounded the 15-year-old son of a Messianic pastor in Ariel, Israel.

Jack Teitel, a 37-year-old West Bank settler reportedly shouted in the courtroom that God was proud of him for the attack. "It was a pleasure and honor to serve my God," Teitel said, according to the Compass Direct news service. "God is proud of what I have done. I have no regrets."