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Australian nurse arrested, to face court after return from Syria

By REUTERS

JULY 25, 2015 05:38

SYDNEY - An Australian nurse accused of giving medical assistance to the Islamic State militant group fighting in Syria has been arrested and will appear in a Sydney court on Saturday, police said.

The man has been identified by government officials as Adam Brookman. A police statement said a 39-year-old Australian man had been arrested on arrival at Sydney airport overnight over "his alleged involvement in the conflict in Syria."

A police spokeswoman confirmed the warrant related to Brookman, a father of five who has told Australian media he went to Syria on a humanitarian mission and had been forced to join the militant group after he had been wounded.

The police statement did not specify charges but said members of a Melbourne-based counter-terrorism team would seek to have him moved there.

"The man voluntarily surrendered himself to Turkish officials in Turkey on Tuesday, 21 July," the police statement said. His travel back to Australia had been negotiated with Australian government and international agencies, it said.

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