A tenth terror suspect from Minnesota has now been arrested after he helped extremists travel from the US to Syria.
Abdirizak Mohammed Warsame, a Somali-American of Eagan, has been charged by criminal complaint with conspiracy to provide material to support a foreign terrorist organization.
Court documents allege Warsame tried to help other young men from Minnesota’s Somali community travel to Syria to fight for the ISIS.
Nine others in that group have already been charged, authorities say.
According to an FBI special agent’s affidavit, one man who was planning to leave for Syria, appointed Warsame to replace him as ’emir’, or leader, of the group.
One man made reservations for a May 2014 flight from Minneapolis to Istanbul, Turkey, with the intention of going on to Syria, the document said.
The day before the man was to leave, Warsame accompanied the man and two others to a public library where the man printed out his itinerary.
The four men then went to a mall and shopped for items needed for travel, according to the affidavit.
The man who planned to fly to Turkey was stopped at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport by FBI agents, who prevented him from boarding his flight.
FBI spokesman Kyle Loven said Warsame was arrested last night and is in custody. He’s expected to make an initial appearance Thursday in U.S. District Court.
