Washington, July 19 (ANI): A man Minnesota has admitted helping men of Somali origin travel to the African country to join the Al-Qaeda linked militant group.
Somali terror group al-Shabab, which has links to Al-Qaeda recruited over 20 young men from Minnesota to fight the Ethopian army.
Omer Abdi Mohamed is one of 18 men charged with recruiting young Somalis from Minneapolis to join al-Shabab.
Mohamed admitted one count of conspiracy to murder, kidnap and maim others in a foreign country, the BBC reports.
The 26-year-old's plea came on the eve of what would have been the first trial in a federal probe into the recruiting of US fighters for al-Shabab.
Mohamed faces up to 15 years in jail when sentenced later.
His lawyer, Peter Wold, said his client chose to admit the charge of providing material support to terrorists because he has a family and faced a much longer sentence if convicted. (ANI)
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