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U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents in the northern state of Minnesota believe the men traveled from the Minneapolis-St. Paul area over the last few months. The twin cities have a large Somali community.
FBI spokesman Kyle Loven said Thursday that authorities are trying to identify other Somali-Americans who may be considering travel to Syria to join militant groups.
In an interview with VOA, Loven said authorities are also investigating how the young men may have become radicalized.
"You have a number of websites on the Internet, a number of jihadi websites. There have been a number of videos specifically targeting Minneapolis Somali men and so, those efforts have been ongoing. Now as far as whether there exists a pipeline here in Minneapolis with respect to an active recruitment network, that
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