A man has been charged over the alleged 2021 shooting murder of underworld figure Bilal Hamze. 9News
Officers went to a correctional facility in Silverwater today where they arrested and charged 32-year-old Samuel Rokomaqisa with murder.READ MORE:Hamze, the cousin of notorious gang leader Bassam Hamzy, was allegedly gunned down in a "hail of bullets" in Sydney's CBD as he left a restaurant on Bridge Street, near Pitt Street, at about 10.
25pm on June 17, 2021.A short time later, police located a burnt-out Audi at Fleming Street, Northwood. The car underwent forensic examination. Detective Superintendent Danny Doherty speaks about the man charged with the alleged murder of Bilal Hamze. "Police will allege in the facts that this 32-year-old man was in the black Audi and that he was involved directly in the murder of Bilal Hamze," Detective Superintendent Danny Doherty said.He said police also believe there are a number of other people involved in the attack. "We're still keen to get more information about who else was responsible for the murder of Bilal Hamze," he said.Doherty said officers will allege there was a "coincidence" in relation to another crime in North Sydney on August 14, 2021, which Rokomaqisa has been in custody over.Doherty said the alleged "brazen assassination" of Hamze was part of the ongoing gang warfare in Sydney's south-west Rokomaqisa's arrest comes after multiple police appeals for information with the latest launched a week ago.Investigations are continuing.
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