MINNEAPOLIS — The FBI has searched a Minneapolis travel agency where a member of the Somali community says two young men went for tickets to leave the country.
FBI spokesman E.K. Wilson says agents searched Amana Travel Agency on Wednesday evening. The search is connected to the investigation into who encouraged as many as 20 young Somalis to leave Minnesota to fight alongside terrorists in Somalia.
The search warrant was filed under seal. Wilson said Friday he couldn't elaborate.
Omar Jamal, executive director of Somali Justice Advocacy Center, says once the owner of the travel agency, Ali Mohamud, learned the two men wanted to travel without their parents' consent, he did not issue them tickets or visas.
The information about the search warrant emerged after Mohamud appeared in court Friday on a separate matter.
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