Police stand near the bodies of Al-Shabaab militants who were killed after the siege at the Mogadishu Municipality Headquarters on January 22, 2023, where militants killed six people at the mayor's office - HASSAN ALI ELMI/AFP via Getty Images
  • U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) apprehended a member of the al-Shabaab terrorist group in the U.S. after he was initially released due to being mistakenly deemed a “mismatch” on the terror watchlist.
  • The unnamed terrorist, who illegally entered the U.S. in March 2023, was free for nearly a year before being reclassified as a confirmed member of al-Shabaab involved in explosives and weapons.
  • The arrest was made in Minnesota within 48 hours of ICE realizing his true status on the watchlist.  
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