Terrorism probe yields 6 arrests in 2 states

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[h=4]Terrorism probe yields 6 arrests in 2 states[/h]Six people have been arrested in connection with a terrorism investigation in Minnesota, where authorities have been tracking youths who have traveled or tried to travel to Syria to fight with militants, including the Islamic State group, authorities said.

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Kyle Loven, FBI spokesman in Minneapolis, said six people were arrested April 19 on terrorism charges.(Photo: Amy Forliti, AP)


Six men have been arrested on terrorism charges, accused of going to or planning to go to Syria to train and fight with Islamic State militants, federal officials said.
"There is no threat to public safety," said Ben Petok, spokesman for Minnesota U.S. Attorney Andrew Luger. He declined to release details pending a news conference later Monday.
Omar Jamal, a Somali activist in Minneapolis, told the Minneapolis Star Tribune that the Somali community knew about arrests Sunday of several young Somali men in the Minneapolis and San Diego areas.
Jamal said the arrests appeared to be linked to the ongoing investigation related to the Islamic State in Iraq and al-Shabab, a Somali-based terror group that claimed responsibility for an attack at a Kenyan university April 2 that killed more than 140 people.

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Minneapolis has a relatively large Somali population.
"The community is in a state of confusion," Jamal told the Star Tribune. "They don't know what is going on. … This is a very serious issue. We as a community are concerned about losing our kids to (the Islamic State)."
Kyle Loven, spokesman for the Minneapolis office of the FBI, told the Associated Press that six people were arrested Sunday. The news conference, featuring Luger and FBI Special Agent Richart Thornton, was to announce details of the "joint terrorism task force operation," the Justice Department said in a news release.
Since 2007, about two dozen Somali men have traveled from Minnesota to Somalia to join al-Shabab.
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