Fadi Ibrahim clings to life after being shot

WITH every new day hope builds for the family of Sydney identity Fadi Ibrahim, six days after a hitman tried to gun him down in front of his beautiful model girlfriend.

Under police guard ... Fadi Ibrahim.

WITH every new day hope continues to build for the family of Fadi Ibrahim, six days after a gunman attempted to kill him outside his North Shore home.

Ibrahim, 35, remained in an induced coma - in a critical but stable condition - after undergoing a series of scans yesterday at Royal North Shore Hospital.

Police are maintaining a 24-hour guard in the hospital's intensive care unit and family, including his brother John and sister Maha Sayour, have kept up an around-the-clock vigil.

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A hospital spokesman said she was unaware of any immediate plans by surgeons to amputate Fadi's arm, hit at close range when the gunman struck outside the victim's $2 million house in Castle Cove on Friday night.

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As the Middle Eastern organised crime squad and Chatswood detectives examined forensic evidence and interviewed witnesses, squad commander Superintendent Debbie Wallace said an arrest was not imminent "unless you can tell us who did it".

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"There's a lot of work to do," Supt Wallace said.

An underworld source told The Daily Telegraph that nightclubs operated by the Ibrahim family in Kings Cross had been threatened by a bikie gang wanting their turf.

"This gang was up in the Cross demanding respect," he said, adding the same gang was responsible for a number of recent shootings.

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Police said they were also investigating speculation that Fadi's wealth rose dramatically in recent years through alleged links to amphetamine manufacture and a loan-sharking operation.

Source: The Daily Telegraph