An Australian man who converted to Islam, fled to Syria and quickly became one of Islamic State’s highest-ranked and most notorious recruiters has reportedly been killed.
Senior figures from the terrorist group have discussed the death of radicalised Melbourne man turned recruiter Neil Prakash on an encrypted messaging service, the AOP media reported.
Prakash, known as Abu Khaled al-Cambodi, has been linked to a number of domestic terror threats including an alleged Anzac Day terror plot in Melbourne.
Senior figures from the terrorist group have discussed the death of radicalised Melbourne man turned recruiter Neil Prakash on an encrypted messaging service
Prakash, known as Abu Khaled al-Cambodi, has been linked to a number of domestic terror threats including an alleged Anzac Day terror plot in Melbourne
The 24-year-old rose up the ranks of the radicalised terror group by using social media to convince others to join the group.
The government has been unable to confirm reports that the former Buddhist, who left Australia in 2013 just over a year after converting to Islam, has been killed in Syria.
‘The Australian government cannot confirm reports of the death of Neil Prakash at this time because of the serious security situation in Syria and Iraq,’ a spokesperson for the Attorney-General told AAP on Sunday.
While no details have emerged about the circumstances of the Australian’s death or the reliability of the claims that he has in fact died, a government source reportedly highlighted that his online activity has ceased.
The 24-year-old rose up the ranks of the radicalised terror group by using social media to prey on vulnerable and often young individuals in a bid to convince them to carry out heinous crimes in Australia
The government have been unable to confirm reports that the former Buddhist, who left Australia in 2013 just over a year after converting to Islam, has been killed in Syria
A government source has reportedly admitted that the 24-year-old’s online activity has ceased
The terrorist group have used the encrypted messaging service Telegram to advise other fighters that Prakash has been martyred
An IS fighter reportedly said that they saw news of an Australian terrorist’s death posted on Telegram as well as another messaging service used by the terror group.
‘I did not know him, but I heard,’ the unnamed source told the Herald Sun.
Prakash starred in a 12-minute long propaganda video where, cradling a gun, he ordered his ‘beloved brothers’ to ‘rise up’ and attack targets in Australia.
‘You must start attacking before they attack you,’ the 23-year-old says in the propaganda video.
‘Look how much your sisters have been violated.’
Source AOP media
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