Names of 22,000 IS members leaked

Tens of thousands of documents containing the names, addresses, phone numbers and family contacts of militants who joined the Islamic State group have been given to Sky News, the broadcaster said on Wednesday.

Sky reported that a disillusioned former member had handed over the documents on a memory stick that had been stolen from the head of the group's internal security police.

The documents are forms that IS recruits had to fill out in order to be accepted into the organization, and contain information on nationals from 51 countries, the broadcaster reported.