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A Minneapolis man, Jamal Bana, a 20 year old who went to Somalia to wage jihad with al Shabaab was killed by government forces this past weekend. The man's mother learned of her son's death while browsing through Terror Free Somalia which had posted the story along with pictures released by the Somali government. Star Tribune
A third Minneapolis Somali man has been killed in his homeland, community leaders said Saturday, his family having learned his fate by stumbling onto a website that contained photos of his bloody corpse.Related Posts:
While the body was identified only as that of a "foreign jihadist" or "fighter," a closeup of the face left Jamal Bana's mother with no doubt. The young man had been shot through the temple.[...]
Abdirizak Bihi, a community activist who visited with Bana's mother at her south Minneapolis home Saturday, said that Bana's family learned of his death early Saturday while searching the web for news on the fighting in Mogadishu.
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