(Alpha News) A Somali immigrant living in the United States has been sentenced to 12 years’ imprisonment for raping a 12-year-old girl in Minneapolis last year. After the conviction, an Islamic center in St. Paul wrote a “community support letter” for the perpetrator.
Qalinle Ibrahim Dirie, 42, was born in Somalia during the country’s civil war and grew up in Kenyan refugee camps. In 2006, Dirie immigrated to the United States and initially spent time in Minnesota before moving to North Dakota for several years. He eventually moved back to Minnesota in 2014 where he has since lived.
Alpha News is not aware of Dirie’s citizenship status.
