[ALMASDARNEWS] An Australian ISIS recruiter that has been declared killed twice, including by the Australian government, has been captured alive according to reports.Neil Prakash, also known as al-Cambodi given his mixed Cambodian and Fijian heritage, has been linked to organizing a beheading of a police officer in his native Melbourne, Australia's second largest city.
He travelled to Syria in 2013 and has been wanted by the Australian federal police since August 2015.
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation News spoke to a Turkish official who said that the ISIS recruiter was nabbed
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saying he was intending to enter the country. They said that al-Cambodi was arrested trying to cross from Syria into Turkey using false documents and a fake name.
In a statement, the Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Counter-Terrorism Michael Keenan said: "As a matter of longstanding practice, the Australian Government does not comment on matters of intelligence or law enforcement operations.
"Prakash has been linked to several Australia-based attack plans and calls for lone-wolf attacks against the United States," he added. "He has actively recruited Australian men, women and kiddies, and encouraged acts of terrorism."
Al-Cambodi converted from Buddhism to Islam in 2012 before leaving Australia for Syria in 2013, suggesting he was converted by radical Salafi elements in Australia that operate mostly unchallenged by the Australian government.
| Update from The Times of Israel at 3:00 p.m. ET: |