Minnesota dad-of-nine Abdirahmaan Muhumed killed fighting for ISIS in Syria: report - NY Daily News

Minnesota dad-of-nine Abdirahmaan Muhumed killed fighting for ISIS in Syria: report - NY Daily News

Abdirahmaan Muhumed was killed in the Syrian ISIS battle that left Douglas McCain dead, sources say. The U.S. State Department has not confirmed his death, but said it is looking into a report that a second American was killed over the weekend after it identified Douglas McAuthur McCain, who was also raised in the Midwest before he joined Islamic State militants overseas.

The second homegrown terrorist killed in Syria over the weekend is a Minnesota dad-of-nine, a report says.
Abdirahmaan Muhumed, identified earlier this year as an ISIS-recruited, homegrown terrorist, apparently died in terrorist-on-terrorist clashes over the weekend, sources told KMSP-TV. He was killed in the same ISIS battle as Douglas McAuthur McCain, who the State Department identified Tuesday.
The U.S. has not publically confirmed Muhumed's death, but the TV station reported officials have notified his family. On Wednesday, the State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said it was "looking into" a report that a second American was killed in the fighting.
It's not clear when the 29-year-old Somali-American traveled to Syria to join ISIS fighters. In recent months, the terrorist group has heavily recruited foreign Muslims to join the group in the Middle East.
Muhumed had been married several times and had nine children, Minnesota Public Radio reported in June
His friend Abdinasir Mohamed said his shift to radicalism was "very unpredictable."
"It was really hard for me to believe because the guy seemed he was busy with his own life, trying to make it," he told the radio station. "And (for) him to leave his family and kids, and just go to the other side of the world, that was really surprising to me.
It's unclear if Muhumed knew McCain, who attended high school in Minneapolis.
McCain lived in California before he traveled to Syria earlier this year. The 33-year-old was a devout Muslim and an aspiring rapper. His body was identified on the Syrian battle field by his American passport and his neck tattoos.
Minnesota has a large Somali population. Abdi Bihi, a leader in the local Somali community, told the TV station that ISIS has approached men in the Twin Cities for recruitment. Recently, the terrorist group has targeted women, too.
"They are brainwashing them to marry them off to jihadists," he said. "They call them to help out as nurses, help out the wounded — but the real catch is they will be sexually exploited."