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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.

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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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