Six Somali Americans have been charged in America for trying to join the Islamic State.
Six Somali Americans have been charged in America for trying to join the Islamic State.
The arrests follow a ten month long investigation of a network of young Somali-Americans from Minnesota.
The six are in their late teens to early twenties and were part of a recruitment ring. Authorities say that several men were previously able to leave the US for Syria and have been trying to lure more Somali-Americans to join them.
During the last two years, more than 20 Somali-Americans from Minnesota have left to fight alongside terrorists under the banner of ISIL, according to the FBI
ISIL controls large parts of Iraq and Syria. The group has been gaining popularity among disaffected youth, especially in African countries like Tunisia and Libya.
