Minnesota man sentenced for role in ISIS

Minneapolis, Minn. (KROC-AM News) – A Minnesota man learned his fate this week after being convicted of providing material support to ISIS.

A press release issued by the U.S. Attorney's Office in Minnesota says the St. Louis Park man spent four years serving with the foreign terrorist organization until he was captured by the Syrian Democratic Forces in 2019.

He pleaded guilty to one count of providing material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization in January 2021.

Minnesota man who fought and worked for ISIS sent to federal prison

Federal Court documents indicate 27 years old Abdelhamid Al-Madioum and his family traveled to Morocco in June 2015 to visit extended family.

Federal prosecutors say he then left Morocco and traveled to Istanbul, Turkey, then Iraq and Syria, where he joined ISIS.

The naturalized U.S. citizen then spent four years serving the terrorist organization as a soldier until he was injured in 2015. He then spent the remainder of his time with ISIS. as a personnel database administrator, the press release states.

In 2020, he was turned over to the FBI and later indicted by a federal grand jury.

Federal judge sentenced Al-Madioum Thursday to 10 years in prison. His time behind bars will be followed by 15 years of supervised release.

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