Mahmoud ‘Brownie’ Ahmad farewelled after brutal assassination

Days after he was shot dead in a Greenacre street, Sydney gangster Mahmoud ‘Brownie’ Ahmad has been farewelled at Lakemba Mosque.

Slain gangster Mahmoud “Brownie” Ahmad has been laid to rest with a hefty police presence around the streets of Lakemba.

A hearse carrying Ahmad’s body rolled into the Lakemba Mosque about 10.30am as police swarmed the streets and a PolAir chopper circled the skies above.

Family mourn Mahmoud “Brownie” Ahmad at Lakemba Mosque. Picture: David Swift

Brownie’s green casket arrives at the Mosque. Picture: David Swift

People begin to leave the mosque after the funeral, with many pulling hoods over their faces. Picture: David Swift

Mourners were seen hugging each other prior to the procession under the watchful gaze of several senior police.

Mahmoud "Brownie" Ahmad was killed in a hail of bullets this week.

Others covered their faces as they left the ceremony to avoid being photographed.

Ahmad’s elderly mother became emotional surrounded by family members as she walked to a waiting car.

Mourners leaving the service hid their faces. Picture: David Swift

Ahmad’s elderly mother became emotional while surrounded by family members. Picture: David Swift

Ahmad was farewelled in an unremarkable ceremony in the rain not far from what used to be a stronghold for the family.

Unlike other underworld funerals there were no procession of flash cars, no motorbikes and only a small crowd to say goodbye to the once feared enforcer.

No streets were blocked off as Ahmad made his final journey to the cemetery.

Ahmad was farewelled in an unremarkable ceremony in the rain. Picture: David Swift

Ahmad died in a hail of bullets outside a friends home in Greenacre on Wednesday night.

He had been warned as early as last August there was a $1m bounty on his head but instead chose to remain in Sydney.

He was gunned down almost six years to the day his brother Walid Ahmad was shot dead at a Bankstown shopping centre.

When he was alive he was considered one of the toughest underworld figures at the height of the Ahmad’s feud with the Elmirs.

Police try to revive Ahmad after he was gunned down in Greenacre this week.

After returning from Lebanon in 2017 Ahmad spent five years in prison for manslaughter over the shooting death of Safwan Charbaji.

After he left jail Ahmad fled back to Lebanon returning last year only to extort several high profile members of the underworld for millions of dollars.
No charges have been laid over Ahmad’s death.