MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Charges against eight people involved in the long-running probe of young men who left the United States to fight in Somalia were unsealed in Minnesota on Monday.
As many as 20 young Somali men have left Minnesota over the last two years for Somalia, and are believed to have joined the terror group al-Shabab. At least three have died.
The crimes alleged Monday include providing financial support to those who traveled to the east Africa country to fight on behalf of the terror group, al-Shabab.
One of the eight named Monday is Mohamud Said Omar, who is currently being held in the Netherlands.
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