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Authorities are seeking to confirm reports that Australian terrorist and Islamic State kingpin Mohammad Ali Baryalei has been killed in Syria.
The former Kings Cross bouncer and part-time actor has been working for IS on the Turkey-Syria border, receiving new fighters from Australia and facilitating their passage into Syria to join terrorist groups.
It is believed he had risen to become a senior leader in Islamic State (formerly known as ISIS) and had facilitated the movement of up to half of the 60 Australians believed to be fighting with the terrorist group in Syria and Iraq.
Kings Cross bouncer turned Islamic State recruiter Mohammad Ali Baryalei working for the Street Dawah movement in Sydney. Some of the men in the photo have travelled to the Middle East.
Kings Cross bouncer turned Islamic State recruiter Mohammad Ali Baryalei working for the Street Dawah movement in Sydney. Some of the men in the photo have travelled to the Middle East. Photo: Supplied
Baryalei was believed to have been the most senior Australian member of the terrorist group.
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He is reported to have had a trusted position in the operational command of the group.
Abdul Salaam Mahmoud, a friend who met Baryalei through the Street Dawah group in Sydney and who is now living in Syria, posted on Facebook on Tuesday night that Baryalei had been "martyred
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