Australian Daesh recruiter killed in Iraq, 110 others still on the loose

Neil Prakash was considered to be the most-senior Australian militant fighting with the group after he was linked to militant plots in Australia and had appeared in propaganda videos. He was killed during a targeted airstrike in Mosul on 29 April.

"His death disrupts and degrades Daesh’s ability to recruit vulnerable people in our community to conduct terrorist acts," an official told The Australian.

Prakash left Australia in 2013 and travelled to Syria where he began to appear in propaganda videos and calling for attacks on Australia.

Australia's government estimates there are around 110 Australians fighting with militant groups in the Middle East.