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Australian jihadist Neil Prakash stripped of citizenship

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Press Trust of India Melbourne
Last Updated : Dec 29 2018 | 2:55 PM IST

Neil Prakash, Australia's most wanted jihadist who became a recruiter for the Islamic State terror group, has been stripped of his Australian citizenship.

Australia's Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton described the 27-year-old former rapper from Melbourne as "a very dangerous individual".

Through his father, Prakash had joint Australian and Fijian citizenship. Under Australian law, a dual national can be stripped of their citizenship if they are convicted or suspected of terror offences.

He had featured in ISIS videos and has been linked to a failed Melbourne plot to behead a police officer and another attack in which two officers were stabbed outside a Melbourne police station, the SBS News reported,

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First Published: Dec 29 2018 | 2:55 PM IST

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