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The Australian government in May said Neil Prakash, a senior recruiter for the so-called Islamic State group, had been killed in a US air strike. He died in the Iraqi city of Mosul, Attorney-General George Brandis said at the time. But (1)the New York Times, citing senior US sources, now reports that Prakash is still alive.
Prakash handed himself to Turkish authorities several weeks ago, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation said. Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Counter-Terrorism, Michael Keenan, said the government could not comment on intelligence matters. (2)“The government reported Prakash’s death in May on the basis of advice from the US government that he had been killed in an air strike,” he said in a statement on Friday. “But as we have said previously, the government’s capacity to confirm reports of deaths in either Syria or Iraq is limited. These places are war zones, with many ungoverned spaces.”
Questions 1 and 2 are based on the news report you have just heard.
1.What’s the news report mainly about?
2.What’s the basis of the report about Prakash’s death?