(Courthouse News) A Canadian man was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for helping six U.S. and Canadian citizens, including four of his cousins, travel to Syria and join the Islamic State group.
Abdullahi Ahmed Abdullahi, 37, of Edmonton, Alberta, had previously pleaded guilty to conspiring with others to provide material support to terrorists engaged in violent activities such as murder, kidnapping and maiming of persons in Syria, according to an announcement Monday from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in San Diego.
The former San Diego resident, who belongs to an extended family of Somalian immigrants with ties to Southern California, Edmonton and Minneapolis, was arrested in Canada five years ago pursuant to a U.S. extradition request and sent to the U.S. two years ago.
