Troy Matthew Kastigar[1] (March 16, 1981 – September 2009) was an American jihadist who fought for the al-Shabaab militia in Somalia, and was killed there in 2009.[2] Like Douglas McCain (another American jihadist, killed in Syria in 2014), he was born in the US and attended Robbinsdale Cooper High School in New Hope, Minnesota, and the two may have been roommates for a while.[3][4]
^"Joining the Fight in Somalia". The New York Times. July 12, 2009. Retrieved July 4, 2017.
^Year of birth provided, thedailybeast.com; accessed September 2, 2014.
^Forliti, Amy (August 28, 2014). "High school buddies followed similar path to jihad". MSN.com. Archived from the original on August 29, 2014. Retrieved August 29, 2014.
^Ray Sanchez and Greg Botelho (August 28, 2014). "US probes how Americans are lured to Syria". KPRC Houston. CNN. Archived from the original on August 30, 2014. Retrieved August 29, 2014.
Troy Matthew Kastigar (March 16, 1981 – September 2009) was an American jihadist who fought for the al-Shabaab militia in Somalia, and was killed there...
Mohammad Abu-Salha in May 2014. McCain attended the same high school as TroyKastigar, who also died as an Islamic Jihadist, in 2009 in Somalia. The two may...
suicide bombing while fighting for Islamist extremists in Syria. In 2014, TroyKastigar and Douglas McAuthur McCain, two Americans who had previously converted...