Menabolis – Minnesota man is accused Attempt to join the Islamic State group He admitted that he was guilty on Monday to try to provide material support and resources to a dedicated foreign terrorist organization.
Abd al -Hamad Baasan, 23, acknowledged guilt while appearing in front of the American boycott judge, Donovan Frank in St. Paul.
When Hassan was accused in February, the prosecutors said that he expressed his admiration for the social media of the man who carried out a January 1, truck attack on Bourbon Street In New Orleans, 14 people were killed. This striker was killed by the police. His truck bore flag The Armed Islamic State Group.
Prosecutors say that Hassan tried twice in December to travel from Minnesota to Somalia to join the group and fight on his behalf, but he failed in both cases. The FBI was previously inclined about the social media user, which expressed its support for the Islamic State Group and the Somali Youth Group, and the agents conducted good control in both attempts.
The first time that good travel to Somalia tried, according to the court documents, the airline deprived him of the plane because it lacks the appropriate travel documents. He was absent from the second trip while the Federal officers interrogated him, but he did not even protest his arrest in February.
The FBI said he noticed Hassan leading the group’s flag the day before his arrest.
“There is no margin of error when it comes to terrorism,” US lawyer Joe Thompson said in a statement. “The good flag of ISIS, the cold attacks on the homeland flew, and I wanted to kill the Americans. We do not take opportunities. We will not let Minnesota a safe haven for terrorists.”
Hassan, the naturalized American citizen, is still in reservation. The date of the ruling has not been set. the Maximum The punishment is 15 years in prison, but accepting the approval agreement usually leads to a decrease in total. He accused a man in New York Attack On behalf of the Islamic State Group in 2019 He was sentenced last week For nine years in prison.
Hassan was the latest Many Minnesotan suspected From leaving or trying to leave the United States to join the Islamic State in recent years, along with thousands of fighters from other countries. In 2016, nine of Minnesotans were sentenced to conspiring to join the group, and the person who already fought the group in Iraq He ruled last year To 10 years in prison.