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Australian man is accused of being Islamic State group propagandist who shared 10,000 files online

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In Melbourne, an Australian man aged 65 has been arrested for allegedly sharing 10,000 extremist files through encrypted messaging apps between 2015 and 2020. He faces charges of being a member of the Islamic State group and distributing violent propaganda, which could lead to up to ten years in prison. Authorities believe he was a key distributor of IS material aimed at radicalizing others. The arrest came after border officials found extremist content in his luggage when he attempted to leave Australia for Egypt in 2020.

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Counter-terrorism police in Melbourne arrested a 65-year-old man suspected of being a key propagandist for ISIS. The arrest occurred following a raid at his home in Carlton, carried out early Wednesday morning by the Australian Federal Police (AFP) and Victorian Joint Counterterrorism Team. Authorities allege that he pledged allegiance to ISIS without leaving Australia and distributed approximately 10,000 files of extremist material online between November 2018 and July 2020. The man faces charges for membership in a terrorist organization and transmitting violent extremist content via encrypted messaging apps. Assistant Commissioner Paula Hudson stated that the scale of his activities made him a principal distributor of ISIS propaganda within the group, spreading messages related to executions, torture, and mass murder. This arrest is part of an ongoing investigation initiated after Border Force officers discovered suspicious material on his electronic devices upon returning from Egypt in 2021.

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A man in the Australian city of Melbourne is accused of pledging allegiance to the Islamic State group and spreading thousands of pieces of extremist propaganda online over a period of years, the authorities said on Wednesday. asserted

authorities → accuse → Wednesday

He was the seventh man to be arrested in Victoria state since May over allegations of possessing or distributing IS content online. uncertain

He → arrest → content

Australia’s federal police didn’t link the latest arrest to the other six and wouldn’t say if they believed the man’s case was connected. asserted

case → link → six

The 65-year-old Australian citizen, whose name hasn’t been released, was due to appear in a Melbourne court later on Wednesday. asserted

name → release → Wednesday

He’s charged with being a member of a terrorist organization and with transmitting violent extremist material in an encrypted messaging app the authorities didn’t name. asserted

authorities → charge → app

The authorities said the man had sent 10,000 files containing extremist content between 2015 and 2020, including material relating to executions, torture and IS propaganda. asserted

man → say → executions

The federal police allege that he also shared information about avoiding detection from law enforcement and instructional guides on planning and conducting mass casualty attacks, a statement Wednesday said. asserted

statement → allege → attacks

Acting Assistant Commissioner Paula Hudson told reporters in Canberra that the scale and distribution of the materials by the man “placed him as a principal distributor of ISIS propaganda within the group.” asserted

scale → act → group

“The material glorified acts of violence and terrorism, spreading hateful ideology that is designed to radicalize others,” Hudson said. asserted

Hudson → glorify → others

An investigation into the man began when border officials examined the man’s luggage as he departed Australia for a six-month trip to Egypt in 2020, the authorities said. asserted

authorities → begin → 2020

He wasn’t known to have traveled abroad since 2020 and wasn’t linked to any attack or plot, Hudson said. asserted

Hudson → know → attack

Earlier this month, a 30-year-old Melbourne man was arrested and charged with possessing violent extremist content as he attempted to depart Australia for the Middle East, authorities said. asserted

authorities → arrest → East

The federal police allege he was part of an online group chat with five other Victoria state men arrested in May, who all face charges relating to possessing extremist material, including IS propaganda. uncertain

who → allege → propaganda

The Islamic State group is a scattered and considerably weaker group since a 2019 United States-led military intervention drove it out of territory it had seized in Iraq and Syria, but its cells remain active and it has inspired a number of independent attacks, including in western countries. asserted

it → scatter → countries

In Australia, a mass shooting at a Hanukkah event in 2025, in which two men are accused of killing 15 Jewish people, was motivated by the shooters’ IS affiliations, the authorities allege. asserted

authorities → accuse → affiliations

It’s thought 200 Australians traveled to Syria and Iraq to join the Islamic State group between 2012 and 2019, according to a website for the country’s national security agencies. uncertain

Australians → think → agencies

Dozens more “assisted” IS by supporting those overseas or by planning or carrying out terrorist attacks in Australia, the website says. asserted

website → assist → Australia

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