A Minneapolis man who cheered the deadly New Year’s Day terrorist attack in New Orleans was charged Friday with trying to join Islamic State militants in Somalia, according to federal prosecutors.

The Justice Department said Abdisatar Ahmed Hassan, 22, appeared in court Friday on charges of attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization, weeks after he was first questioned by authorities for trying to board a one-way flight to the East African nation.

Charging documents accused Mr. Hassan, a naturalized U.S. citizen, of expressing support for ISIS in various social media posts since at least June 2024.

The filing highlighted social media posts in which Mr. Hassan allegedly photographed himself holding an ISIS flag in his car on Feb. 21 and Feb. 26. Mr. Hassan was accused of resting a knife in his lap for one of the photos.

Prosecutors also said the defendant communicated with a Facebook account for the Manjaniq Media Center, a self-proclaimed media outlet for the Islamic Caliphate which encourages people to travel and join ISIS.

A TikTok account linked to Mr. Hassan said the defendant supported Shamsud-Din Jabbar, the man who killed 14 people and injured dozens more in a terror attack in New Orleans just hours after celebrants rang in the New Year.

Authorities said Jabbar, a military veteran-turned-ISIS supporter, maneuvered past police barriers and rammed into a crowd of people on Bourbon Street. Police killed Jabbar in a shootout shortly afterward.

Prosecutors accused Mr. Hassan of referring to Jabbar as the “legend that killed the Americans” in a TikTok post.  

Mr. Hassan told federal investigators he became radicalized when he started consuming ISIS propaganda after the Israel-Hamas war erupted in October 2023, according to the court filing.

Mr. Hassan was ordered held without bail. He is due back in court Wednesday.

• Matt Delaney can be reached at mdelaney@washingtontimes.com.