Mahdi Mohamed 's family wants to know how he came to be charged in a British court . Hashi came to Britain as a six - year - old , fleeing Somalia 's civil war . His family claims he was pressured by Britain 's MI5 secret service to become a spy . He vanished from Somalia in 2011 and reappeared in Brooklyn , charged with terrorist financing .
Mahdi Hashi 's family wants to know how he came to be charged in a U.S. court . Hashi came to Britain as a six-year-old , fleeing Somalia 's civil war . His family claims he was pressured by Britain 's MI5 secret service to become a spy . He vanished from Somalia in 2011 and reappeared in Brooklyn , charged with terror offenses .