COLUMBUS, Ohio — A lawsuit alleging that a former Somalia military colonel who lives in Ohio had ordered the detention and torture of a human rights advocate in Somalia in 1988 was filed in the wrong country and too long after the alleged abuse, according to a court filing.
Abdi Aden Magan, the former chief of the National Security Service of Somalia, also said he is immune from prosecution.
"So long as Magan acted within his official capacity and on behalf of the Somalian government, the conduct is immune from civil liability," according to Magan's filing in U.S. District Court in Columbus late Friday.
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