Police said they feared a major escalation of Sydney’s bloody gang wars was under way. This was the city’s second targeted shooting in less than 16 hours.
A man was shot dead in Sydney’s south-west on Thursday morning, in the city’s second targeted shooting in less than 16 hours.
Emergency services were called to Broughton Street in Canterbury about 2am on Thursday after reports of a shooting. Police found a man in his 20s with gunshot wounds; he was treated by paramedics but died at the scene. Police believe the shooting was a targeted attack and have called on any members of the public with dashcam footage or information to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.a Sydney criminal lawyer was shot outside his homeMahmoud Abbas, described by those who know him as a measured family man, was shot on the same Greenacre street where a notorious gangland figure was executed in an unrelated incident a year ago.
He was leaving his home at 10am on Wednesday when “one or more” attackers, who had been waiting in a car parked around the corner, emerged and walked a short distance up his street and shot him in the leg and torso, police said.
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