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Several of those arrested were members of Minneapolis'
sizable Somali population, Minnesota Public Radio said in a
report. There were no further details provided about the
investigation or possible criminal charges.
An FBI spokesman in San Diego confirmed a news conference was
planned for Monday in Minneapolis but would not confirm the six
arrests.
In February, a Minnesota man was indicted on charges of
conspiring to support Islamic State and lying to federal agents
investigating recruitment by militant groups.
Dozens of people from the Minneapolis-St. Paul area, many of
them Somali-American youths, have traveled or attempted to
travel overseas to support militant groups such as Islamic State
or al Shabaab since 2007, according to U.S. prosecutors.
(Writing by Victoria Cavaliere; Editing by Simon Cameron-Moore)
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