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Australian IS recruiter Neil Prakash killed in Iraq Australian IS recruiter Neil Prakash 'killed in Iraq'
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An Australian man said to be a senior recruiter for the so-called Islamic State group has been killed by a US airstrike in Iraq, reports say. An Australian man considered a senior recruiter for so-called Islamic State (IS) has been killed in a US air strike in Iraq, Australia's government says.
Neil Prakash was linked to militant plots in Australia and had appeared in propaganda videos. Attorney-General George Brandis said US officials had confirmed Neil Prakash was killed in Mosul on Friday.
He was killed during a targeted airstrike in Mosul on 29 April, according to media reports. Prakash, also known as Abu Khaled al-Cambodi, was linked to attack plots in Australia and had appeared in propaganda videos and magazines.
Prakash was considered to be the most-senior Australian militant fighting with the group. Some 110 Australians are estimated to be fighting for IS in the Middle East.
Prominent recruiter Convert
"His death disrupts and degrades ISIL's ability to recruit vulnerable people in our community to conduct terrorist acts," an official said, according to The Australian newspaper. Using the acronym of the previous name of IS, Mr Brandis said that Prakash was a "prominent Isil member and a senior terrorist recruiter and attack facilitator".
According to the reports, an Australian woman was also killed in a separate US air strike last month in Syria. "Prakash has been linked to several Australia-based attack plans and calls for lone-wolf attacks against the United States.
The woman, Shadi Jabar, was the cousin of Farhad Jabar - the teenager who killed police worker Curtis Cheng in Sydney last year. "He has appeared in Isil propaganda videos and magazines and has actively recruited Australian men, women and children, and encouraged acts of terrorism.
She and her Sudanese husband Abu Sa'ad al-Sudani, who was killed in the strike as well, were also allegedly recruiters for the so-called Islamic State group. "His death disrupts and degrades Isil's ability to recruit vulnerable people in our community to conduct terrorist acts," Mr Brandis added.
Prakash left Australia in 2013 and travelled to Syria where he began appearing in propaganda videos and calling for attacks on Australia. Mr Brandis said the US had also confirmed that an Australian woman was killed in a separate air strike in Syria on 22 April.
Jabar left Australia the day before her cousin, who had been radicalised, shot Mr Cheng outside a Sydney police station last year. The woman, Shadi Jabar Khalil Mohammad, was the sister of Farhad Jabar - the teenager who killed police worker Curtis Cheng in Sydney last October.
She and her Sudanese husband, Abu Saad al-Sudani, who was killed in the strike as well, were also allegedly recruiters for IS.
Prakash, who is of Cambodian and Fijian heritage, converted to Islam from Buddhism in 2012.
He left Australia in 2013 and travelled to Syria where he began appearing in propaganda videos and calling for attacks on Australia.
Jabar left Australia the day before her cousin, who had been radicalised, shot Mr Cheng outside a Sydney police station.
This comes after police in Australia recently charged a 16-year-old with preparing an act of terrorism, over an alleged plot to target Anzac Day services.This comes after police in Australia recently charged a 16-year-old with preparing an act of terrorism, over an alleged plot to target Anzac Day services.
Australia's government estimates there are around 110 Australians fighting with militant groups in the Middle East.