Notorious ISIS terrorist Neil Prakash is stripped of his Australian citizenship

He’s never coming back: Notorious ISIS terrorist Neil Prakash has his Australian citizenship STRIPPED while he languishes behind bars in a Turkish jail

  • Australian jihadi Neil Prakash has been stripped of his Australian citizenship
  • The Melbourne-born jihadi featured in ISIS videos and moved to Syria in 2013
  • The 27-year-old has been in custody near the Syrian boarder for about two years

ISIS jihadist and recruiter Neil Prakash has been stripped of his Australian citizenship as he faces 15 years in a Turkish prison.

The Melbourne-born 27-year-old was told of the Australian government’s decision on December 21.

He is the 12th dual national to have their citizenship revoked over associations with overseas terror groups.

ISIS jihadist and recruiter Neil Prakash (pictured) has been stripped of his Australian citizenship as he faces 15 years in a Turkish prison

Prakash has been in custody near the border with Syria since 2016 after he attempted to enter Turkey with false documents 

It is understood Prakash holds Fijian citizenship through his father, The Weekend Australian reported. 

Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton said the safety and security of Australian was his main priority.

‘This government is determined to deal with foreign terrorist fighters as far from our shores as possible,’ Mr Dutton said.

‘Islamic State is opposed to Australia, our interests, values, democratic beliefs, rights and liberties.’

Earlier this year Mr Dutton said he hoped Prakash rotted in a Turkish jail after a court rejected the Melbourne-born terrorist’s extradition to Australia to face justice.

Prakash has been in custody near the border with Syria since 2016 after he attempted to enter Turkey with false documents. 

The Melbourne-born jihadi has spent two years and two months in a H-Type maximum-security prison in Gaziantep, Turkey

ISIS jihadist and recruiter Neil Prakash will have his Australian passport revoked after Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton's decision

ISIS jihadist and recruiter Neil Prakash will have his Australian passport revoked after Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton’s decision

He is facing charges of committing crimes against Turkey by being a member of Islamic State – which could result in him spending 15 years in prison.

Prakash has previously admitted being a member of ISIS. 

The former rapper from Melbourne had featured in ISIS videos and has been linked to a failed Melbourne plot to behead a police officer. 

He is considered Australia’s most wanted terrorist, with connections to a number of Australian jihadis. 

He is considered Australia’s most wanted terrorist, with connections to a number of Australian jihadis

He is considered Australia’s most wanted terrorist, with connections to a number of Australian jihadis

The Melbourne-born jihadi has spent two years and two months in a H-Type maximum-security prison in Gaziantep, Turkey

The Melbourne-born jihadi has spent two years and two months in a H-Type maximum-security prison in Gaziantep, Turkey

Prakash has also been linked to another attack in which two officers were stabbed outside a Melbourne police station.

The Muslim convert became radicalised at a Melbourne bookshop and moved to Syria in 2013.

He fought with the caliphate for three years before paying a people smuggler to take him to Turkey.

Yet he was caught crossing the Syrian border into Turkey and arrested by police after an Australian tip off in October 2016. 

NEIL PRAKASH: FROM MELBOURNE BUDDHIST TO ISIS FIGHTER AND RECRUITER 

A judge ordered the 27-year-old's release from Gaziantep H-Type Prison and rejected Australia's application to have the self-confessed Islamic State member extradited 

Prakash was arrested in 2016 when he crossed the Syrian border into Turkey after fighting in Syria and Iraq 

1991

Neil Prakash is born in Melbourne, of Fijian and Cambodian descent. He was raised a Buddhist

2012

He converts to Islam and attends the controversial al-Furqan Islamic Centre in Melbourne

2013

Prakash leaves Australia to join the Islamic State in Syria. Takes the jihadi name Abu Khaled al-Cambodi and appears in IS propaganda videos. Recruits would-be terrorists in Australia

2014

His Australian passport is cancelled

2015

Australian federal police issue a warrant for his arrest through Interpol

Prakash is linked to a failed Melbourne plot to behead a police officer on Anzac Day 2015

Prakash publicly praises Numan Haider, the 18-year-old who was killed after stabbing two police officers outside a Melbourne police station in 2014

2016

April

The US – incorrectly – announces Prakash has been killed in a drone strike

2016

October

Prakash is captured by Turkish authorities trying to cross from Syria using false documents and imprisoned on terrorism-related charges

2018

July

A Turkish court rejects Australia’s application for his extradition and a judge orders his release. Moments later, he is back behind bars to face local terror charges 

September 

Prakash claims the Islamic State forced him to take part in propaganda videos and recruit members because he was Australian

December 

Prakash admits he feels ‘regret’ for his participation with Islamic State. ‘I feel regret for joining the Islamic State and for the time I spent with them. I feel repentant,’ he said

 



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