Shooter Jabar linked to IS recruiter

Farhad Khalil Mohammad Jabar was in direct contact with Australia's top recruiter for IS before he shot a police accountant dead, claims The Australian.

Teenage gunman Farhad Khalil Mohammad Jabar was reportedly in communication with Neil Prakash, Australia's top recruiter for the Islamic State group, in the months before he shot dead a Sydney police accountant.

The 15-year-old was also in contact with two other men linked to Prakash this year including British fighter Raphael Hostey, the recruiter's offsider in Syria, according to a report in The Australian on Wednesday.

Messages between Jabar and Prakash dating back to May apparently focus on their shared complaints about Australia's security laws.


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