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‘Everyday life now’: Sydney reels from organised crime turf war


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Sydney has been shocked by a series of assassinations and drive-by shootings amid a turf war between two organised crime gangs – the Alameddine Family and the Hamzy clan. Mejid Hamzy, brother of Bassam Hamzy – the leader of the Brothers 4 Life gang, was shot outside a house in the city’s west in October 2020 [File: AAP Australia via EPA]

 

Police swoop on drug gangs in Australia’s biggest city but lawyers fear controversial law changes will leave minorities vulnerable.

 

By Ian Lloyd Neubauer

 

Last week, a home in Sydney’s southwest was sprayed with bullets during a drive-by shooting.

 

No one was injured, although it was the second time in six months the house had been targeted and came after three assassinations over three weeks and a total of 13 in two years.

 

“What can you do? It’s everyday life now,” a neighbour who heard the shots told a local TV station.

 

Full story: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/5/26/sydney-reels-from-organised-crime-turf-war

 

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