Turkish court jails Australian ex-rapper turned IS jihadist 3 SHARES Share it! Share TweetBy Agence France-PresseA Turkish court on Friday jailed a former Australian rapper who become his country’s most wanted Islamic State suspect on charges of joining an “armed terrorist organization”, local DHA press agency reported. Neil Prakash, born in Melbourne, was sentenced to seven-and-a-half years by a court in Kilis in southeast Turkey, DHA said. Reported to be of Indian, Fijian and Cambodian background, Prakash used the internet to promote the jihadist group and recruit Australians. Turkey was a major route for foreign jihadists making their way to Syria and Iraq to join Islamic militants.

Source: Manila Bulletin March 15, 2019 16:41 UTC