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PM shocked by Aussie IS doctor

Prime Minister Tony Abbott says doctors should be saving lives not taking lives after an Australian doctor joined Islamic State extremists.

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott — Prime Minister Tony Abbott is outraged an Australian doctor has joined IS extremists. (AAP)

Prime Minister Tony Abbott is outraged an Australian doctor has joined Islamic State extremists.

Registered Adelaide doctor Tareq Kamleh has appeared in an IS propaganda video calling for Muslim health professionals in the West to join him in the extremist group's stronghold in Raqqa in Syria.

"Doctors should be saving life not taking life, that is at the heart of the medical ethos," Mr Abbott told reporters in France.

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Published 27 April 2015 6:25am

Updated 27 April 2015 7:14am

Source: AAP

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