From: AOL News
The FBI said Jamal Bana's death is part of a sweeping federal
investigation into a recruiting effort in the United States by a
Somali terrorist group called Al-Shabaab, which has ties to al
Qaeda. More than a dozen young men of Somali descent have
disappeared from the Minneapolis area in recent months. At least
three, including Bana, have ended up dead in Somalia, community
leaders say.
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