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Minnesota trial of men accused of trying to join Islamic State goes to jury
Source: Reuters
World | Wed Jun 1, 2016 6:04pm EDT
Minnesota trial of men accused of trying to join Islamic State goes to jury
The case of three Somali-American men charged with attempting to join Islamic State militants in Syria and conspiring to help the group is now in the hands of a jury in Minnesota federal court, court officials said on Wednesday.
Mohamed Farah, 22, Abdirahman Daud, 22, and Guled Omar, 21, are charged with conspiring to provide material support to Islamic State and commit murder outside the United States. If convicted, each could receive a life sentence.
Assistant U.S. Attorney John Docherty told jurors on Tuesday in closing arguments that the defendants made persistent efforts to join Islamic State in Syria and participated wholeheartedly in a conspiracy from early 2014 through April 2015. The case was sent to the jury on Wednesday, according to the chambers of District Judge Michael Davis.
Attorneys for Farah and Daud had questioned the credibility of three men accused of being part of the group that testified for the government at the trial, accusing one of them, a paid informant for the Federal Bureau of Investigation, of pressuring the defendants.
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Minnesota trial of men accused of trying to join Islamic State goes to jury
The case of three Somali-American men charged with attempting to join Islamic State militants in Syria and conspiring to help the group is now in the hands of a jury in Minnesota federal court, court officials said on Wednesday.
Mohamed Farah, 22, Abdirahman Daud, 22, and Guled Omar, 21, are charged with conspiring to provide material support to Islamic State and commit murder outside the United States. If convicted, each could receive a life sentence.
Assistant U.S. Attorney John Docherty told jurors on Tuesday in closing arguments that the defendants made persistent efforts to join Islamic State in Syria and participated wholeheartedly in a conspiracy from early 2014 through April 2015. The case was sent to the jury on Wednesday, according to the chambers of District Judge Michael Davis.
Attorneys for Farah and Daud had questioned the credibility of three men accused of being part of the group that testified for the government at the trial, accusing one of them, a paid informant for the Federal Bureau of Investigation, of pressuring the defendants.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-minnesota-security-idUSKCN0YN5YS