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Minnesota Man Charged with Providing Material Support to Daesh, Justice Department Says

© REUTERS / ANDREW KELLYThe seal of the United States Department of Justice is seen on the building exterior of the United States Attorney's Office of the Southern District of New York in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., August 17, 2020.
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WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - A resident of the US state of Minnesota has been charged with providing support to the Daesh* terrorist group, the Department of Justice announced in a press release.
"Abdelhamid Al-Madioum, 23, of St. Louis Park, Minnesota, has been charged by indictment with providing material support to the Daesh, a designated foreign terrorist organization", the release said on Wednesday.

Al-Madioum was detained overseas by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and recently transferred into FBI custody and then returned to Minnesota, the Justice Department noted.

"On 23 June 2015, Al-Madioum, a native of Morocco and naturalized US citizen, and his family traveled from St. Louis Park, Minnesota, to Casablanca, Morocco, to visit their extended family. On 8 July 2015, Al-Madioum left Morocco and traveled to Istanbul, Turkey, and then on to Iraq and Syria, where he joined [Daesh]", the release read.

In March 2019, Al-Madioum was captured and detained by the SDF, the Justice Department noted.

* Daesh (also known as ISIS/ISIL/IS/Islamic State) is a terrorist group banned in Russia and many other countries

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