He “reportedly grew up in Minneapolis and was known by the FBI as one of 20 Somali Americans to have joined an al-Qaida-linked militant group.” An update on this story. “Suicide bomber in Somali attack was reportedly from Minneapolis,” from MSNBC, October 31: MOGADISHU, Somalia “” A man who blew himself up in an attack … Continue reading Somalia: Al-Shabaab suicide bomber tentatively identified as Minneapolis native