Family and friends of Sam 'The Punisher' Abdulrahim are saying farewell to the 32-year-old gangland figure at a funeral service in Melbourne. Abdulrahim was fatally shot in a Preston hotel carpark on Monday. Homicide detectives are investigating his death and are examining two burnt-out cars linked to the crime.
Grieving family and friends of Sam “The Punisher” Abdulrahim have begun to gather at a mosque in Melbourne ’s north to farewell the gangland figure. Abdulrahim, 32, previously survived at least half a dozen attempts on his life but on Monday his luck ran out and he was slain in broad daylight in a Preston hotel carpark in front of his girlfriend.
“A loving father, son, brother, uncle, nephew, cousin, partner and friend. He will be dearly missed, but never forgotten.” Homicide detectives are trying to find his killers and are examining two burnt-out cars. A Porsche SUV was found burnt out at Reservoir an hour after the shooting. A grey Ford Ranger with a distinctive sticker of bull horns on the ute’s canopy rear window was found at Westmeadows and was also set ablaze, police confirmed on Wednesday.
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