ID’s of 11 Missing Somali Jihadist Men Released

Mohamoud Hassan, from Minneapolis, was killed in Somalia while fighting with extremist group, Al-Shabaab

MINNEAPOLIS – The Somali Advocacy Center released the names and status of the missing Somali men from Minnesota.
The list was released after a fifth Somali-American man from Minneapolis has been killed in Somalia, according to his family members. Mohamoud Hassan was a former engineering student at the University of Minnesota and a recent graduate of Roosevelt High School.
11 Missing
Zakaria Maruf – killed in Muqdisho

Burhan Hassan – killed in Muqdisho

Jamal Sheikh Bana – killed in Muqdisho

Mohamed Hassan – killed in Muqdisho

Shirwac Ahmed – dead in suicide bombing

Abdadifitah Yusuf Isse – Federal custody and pleaded guilty to material support to terrorist Al Shabaab

Salah Osman Ahmed – Federal custody in MN

Kamal Hassan – Federal custody in MN

Abdikadir Ali Abdi – unknown

Abdisalan Ali – unknown

Mohamoud Hassan – unknown

In the last couple years, about 20 Minnesotan men have left for Somalia to fight with extremist group Al-Shabaab, which U.S. officials believe is linked to Al-Qaida. Hassan reportedly left for his homeland last November.
Community activist, Abdirizak Bihi told reporters Saturday afternoon that Hassan’s grandmother learned of his death after getting a phone call from a relative of another Somalian fighter from the Twin Cities. The fighter said he buried Hassan in a cemetery in Mogadishu. The details surrounding Hassan’s death are not clear.
Three other Somali-American men have pleaded guilty to terror-related charges and are waiting to be sentenced in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis. Source: Fox MNPLS http://www.myfoxtwincities.com/dpp/news/Missing_Somali_Men_IDs_sept_07_2009