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Why some suburban Minnesotans have joined ISIS

All three young men were active on social media.
Hamza Ahmed, Hanad Mohallim and Abdullahi Yusef were all very active in social media.
Illustration by Regina McCombs | MPR News

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Federal authorities believe about 15 or so young people have left Minnesota for Syria to join the terrorist network known as ISIS over the past year.

It is a tiny fraction of the thousands of Somali-American and East African youth who live here. But investigators and the Somali community continue to try to learn more about what actually lures otherwise regular teens into such a drastic life change.

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