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from the Australian ABC website:-
A Muslim preacher in New Zealand has denied suggestions an Australian man killed in Yemen was radicalised at a Christchurch mosque.
Christopher Havard died in November last year in a US drone strike on a convoy of cars in eastern Yemen.
Also killed were three alleged al Qaeda militants and dual New Zealand-Australian citizen Daryl Jones, known as Muslim bin John.
Department of Foreign Affairs documents obtained by the ABC's 7.30 program show Havard and Bin John were individuals of long-standing interest to the Australian Federal Police (AFP) due to their assessed activities in Yemen linked to al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
The AFP was also investigating Havard's possible involvement in the 2012 kidnapping of three Europeans – blamed on al Qaeda.
Havard's mother Bronwyn Dowrick and step-father Neill Dowrick told 7.30 their troubled son had turned his life around after converting to Islam in Townsville in 2008, but he had encountered radical Islam after moving to New Zealand. Havard, known by his Muslim name Saleem Khattab, attended the Masjid An-Nur mosque in Christchurch in early 2011.
Christopher Havard died in November last year in a US drone strike on a convoy of cars in eastern Yemen.
Also killed were three alleged al Qaeda militants and dual New Zealand-Australian citizen Daryl Jones, known as Muslim bin John.
Department of Foreign Affairs documents obtained by the ABC's 7.30 program show Havard and Bin John were individuals of long-standing interest to the Australian Federal Police (AFP) due to their assessed activities in Yemen linked to al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
The AFP was also investigating Havard's possible involvement in the 2012 kidnapping of three Europeans – blamed on al Qaeda.
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