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Brazil journalist to be tried for allegedly urging ISIS attack

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SAO PAULO - A journalist who gained the trust of a group of Brazilian sympathizers of the Islamic State will be tried for allegedly encouraging them to commit terrorist acts.

 

Prosecutor Rafael Brum Miron says O Globo TV editor Felipe Oliveira infiltrated the group in 2016 to obtain information for a story on its operations and how it recruited sympathizers.

 

Miron said that while Oliveira did not take part in any attacks he did urge the group to commit "illicit acts" to convince it that he was on its side.

 

 

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