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Trial begins for man accused of killing stepson

Pool photo provided by The Buffalo News

The murder trial of a Buffalo man accused of fatally beating his 10-year-old stepson in April has begun in State Supreme Court. 

Prosecuters says Ali-Mohamed Mohamud tied up Abdifatah Mohamud in the basement of their Guilford Street home, stuffed a sock into his mouth and covered it with duct tape, and then beat the boy about 70 times with a wooden rolling pin. 

The fifth-grader suffered a fractured skull, broken ribs, and dozens of bodily injuries. 

Following opening statements this morning, the boy's mother and stepbrother took the witness stand.  According to a Buffalo News account, both testified that they had never before seen the stepfather act violently toward 10-year-old 'Adbi.' 

Mohamud supposedly confessed his crime to Buffalo police, in statements that will be allowed in court.  

 

 

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