Hundreds of people move past the Cenotaph at Martin Place as a projection of a soldier and a cross is cast displayed on a wall during a Dawn Service on ANZAC Day in Sydney, Australia, Saturday, April 25, 2015.

Australia’s most senior recruiter for the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group in Syria, who was reportedly linked to an alleged plot to attack Anzac Day commemorations, has been killed, local media said Sunday.

News of Neil Prakash’s death was posted on secure communications app Telegram, Melbourne’s Herald Sun reported, citing an ISIS member.

“It was posted on Telegram,” the member, who was not named, told the newspaper. “I did not know him, but I heard.”

The newspaper said there were no details about how, when and where Prakash, who left Australia in 2013, was killed.

A spokesman for Australia’s Attorney-General George Brandis said the government “cannot confirm reports of the death of Neil Prakash at this time because of the serious security situation in Syria and Iraq”.

Prakash — also known as Abu Khaled al-Cambodi — was linked to the alleged plot on Anzac Day, when Australia honours its war dead. Sevdet Besim, 19, is facing four charges related to planning the alleged attack on April 25 last year.

A 15-year-old boy in Britain was in October sentenced to a minimum of five years in jail for inciting Besim to carry out a “major terrorist plot” at the event.

Canberra lifted its terror threat level to high in 2014, conducted counter-terrorism raids and introduced new national security laws amid fears of home-grown extremism.

The government has also cracked down on nationals attempting to travel to conflict zones including Syria and Iraq.

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