Hamad Assaad: Slain contract killer’s executioner ink boasts of the ‘souls’ he had taken

EXCLUSIVE: HAMAD Assaad was a hitman who liked to brag. The father-of-one wasn’t ashamed of what he had done and he didn’t try to hide it, complete with etching the word “Executioner” around his neck.

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HAMAD Assaad was a hitman who liked to brag.

The father-of-one wasn’t ashamed of what he had done and he didn’t try to hide it.

Etched around the 29-year-old’s neck was the word “Executioner” and below that on his chest he had inscribed; “The souls I have taken will never haunt me... only the ones I haven’t will...”

Hamad Asaad shows off his collection of ink on his social media feed.

And it seems it was those “souls” he did not ‘take’ who came after him.

The contract killer was gunned down by two masked men at his Georges Hall home last Tuesday.

Right in front of his mum and 12-year-old nephew.

But exactly who those gun-wielding “souls” were has investigators working overtime; there is a list of angry foe as long as one’s arm. No one has been identified as a suspect by police.

The 29-year-old gun for hire was not shy about showing off on social media.

Hamad Asaad was linked to attempts on a number of underworld figures.

The Daily Telegraph can reveal that Assaad was the subject of a Firearms Prohibition Order but that didn’t appear to stop the cool-blooded killer getting his hands on a deadly weapon.

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In the past two years, Assaad, is believed to have shot and wounded convicted killer Michael Ibrahim, well-known Sydney identity Pasquale Barbaro, and the mother and aunt of one of Australia’s most feared criminals, Bassam Hamzy.

The funeral of Hamad Assaad at Lakemba Mosque, in Sydney's west, attracted a large group of mourners. Picture: John Feder / The Australian.

Hamad Assaad lies dead on his driveway at Georges Hall after a morning drive-by. Picture: AAP

Assaad is the main suspect in the bold daylight execution of crime kingpin Walid “Wally” Ahmad in April and he also purportedly ripped-off a large Asian drug syndicate of $350,000 worth of methamphetamines in the weeks before his murder.

He was also acquitted of the 2010 shooting murder of Mohammad Alahmad, who was killed while getting into his BMW outside his Granville home in 2008.

Assaad was linked to many faces in Sydney’s underworld, including one-eyed Osman Haouchar, who was a pallbearer at his funeral at Lakemba mosque on Friday.

Assaad’s is believed to be behind an attempted hit on Michael Ibrahim.

Osman Haouchar was a pallbearer as hitman Hamad Assaad’s funeral last week.

Haouchar, who was questioned by Australian Federal Police for more than four hours after returning from the Syrian border in November last year, is understood to have lost his eye in a drive-by shooting six years ago.

Insiders have told the Telegraph that Assaad wanted retribution for his mate, Haouchar.

It is believed the failed kill attempt on Ibrahim was Assaad’s pursuit for underworld justice.

Haouchar fled to Turkey shortly after to undertake “humanitarian aid” work, according to his Facebook page at the time.

Walid Ahmad is understood to have been one of Assaad’s targets.

Assaad is understood to have attempted a hit on Sydney identity Pasquale Barbaro

Assaad was active on social media also and under an alias he listed his occupation as “self-employed”. He made pointed posts about “snitches” and police informants.

In other posts he complained about his friends letting him down.

“I use to have a team every weekend ready to go drinking at the local pub and enjoying ourselves these days all the men of Sydney seem to be to (sic) busy waxing there (sic) eyebrows and coping a**l beads.

“Madness I’m Gana (sic) have to go to the pub alone for the first time in 29 years. Lucky the beers are always loyal and waiting for yah at the pub.”