The man charged with stealing an American flag from a Minnesota medical office, dragging it behind his car, and coming back to shred it is a Somali citizen who was born in Uganda and came to the United States as a refugee, the Department of Homeland Security confirmed to Libs of TikTok.The suspect is 24-year-old Mahamud Hassan Mahamed, who has been booked on a misdemeanor tab charge of fourth-degree damage to property after the Wednesday incidents.As The Gateway Pundit previously reported, Mahamed ripped the flag down in the morning, attached it to his vehicle, and dragged it until bystanders chased him off and recovered it.Mahamed returned that afternoon and shredded it.SCOOPThe man caught in Minnesota destroying an American Flag is a Somali citizen who was born in Uganda and came to the U.S. as a refugee, DHS confirmed to me.DENATURALIZE AND DEPORT https://t.co/RnXSCgLqFV— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) August 30, 2026Crime Watch Minneapolis obtained videos of the incident and posted them on X.WATCH:Submitted from vibrant Richfield Minnesota this morning:“This person just tried to steal our America flag that was hanging on the pole outside of our building located at York Ave and 66th Street in Edina. He pulled the flag down and then stuck it in the back of his trunk and was… pic.twitter.com/xr4YHUiJnF— CrimeWatchMpls (@CrimeWatchMpls) August 26, 2026Jail records showed he was held on $2,000 cash bail or $200 conditional release.It appears Mahamed has since been released and is due back in court in December.Mahamed already had a live felony file for threats of violence from an April incident at his apartment building. A hearing in that case was scheduled for the same Wednesday as the flag attack.Minnesota records list at least five prior traffic convictions.Earlier this month, he was booked into Hennepin County Jail on a probable-cause DWI and released pending a formal complaint.The flag case itself was charged only as a misdemeanor despite the second trip to destroy the flag after witnesses had already stopped him.The post DHS Confirms Minnesota Flag-Dragging Vandal Is a Somali Citizen Who Entered as a ‘Refugee’ (VIDEO) appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.