‘Violent chapter in the state’s history’: All the shootings across Sydney in the past three months
Premier Chris Minns has responded to ongoing violence on Sydney’s streets after three were shot outside a kebab shop on Monday. Read more about the shootings across Sydney in recent months.
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Sydney’s underworld has exploded in the past three months amid tensions between the Alameddine crime clan and its former “muscle”, the KVT, and an escalation in the city’s “postcode wars”.
Premier Chris Minns has responded to the ongoing violence foreshadowing tougher bail rules for known crime figures, declaring the latest string of public crimes a “horrifying, violent chapter in the state’s history”.
It comes after Mr Minns said he was “concerned” by the court’s decision to grant Azari bail less than a month ago, despite police warning his release would cause “bloodshed on the streets”.
“Obviously I’m concerned about that decision. I mean, based on the last 24 hours I know a lot of people in the community would be very concerned about the decision made by the court,” Mr Minns said.
“The question is whether it was incorrect or an error was made in retrospect… I know the Attorney General is looking at the transcript as we speak.
“(But) I’m not announcing (tougher bail laws) today. What I am saying is the government’s shown a willingness in the past to listen to law enforcement about keeping the community safe…in the past, that’s been warranted, whether it’s been in relation to youth crime or domestic violence or knife related surveillance and detection in our community, we’ve taken the initiative there.”
Mr Minns also unleashed on the unknown perpetrators of the Auburn shooting, but held back on revealing new information he had received from police.
“I want to make it clear though that the task force that has been set up by NSW Police has all of the resources (they) need to smash this crime ring and arrest these animals, their disregard for human life, their disregard for the laws that we have in Australia is horrifying,” he said.
“It’s a public safety issue. I mean, there’s no doubt about it…this is a horrifying, violent chapter in the state’s history, and it needs to be met with the full force of the law.”
Following the latest incident, which has left three people fighting for life after they were shot outside a kebab shop at Auburn on Monday afternoon, we take a look back at the city’s recent spate of gunfire.
June 12, 2025: Merrylands
The home of alleged Alameddine crime clan boss Ali Elmoubayed is sprayed with bullets as he drives to Parramatta Local Court to seek a variation of his bail conditions, allowing him to move from the house to a secure high-rise block. A car at the house had been firebombed just days earlier.
May 25, 2025: Granville
Alameddine associate Dawood Zakaria is shot dead and solicitor Sylvan Singh is injured when gunmen ambush a car carrying them and two other men. Police later identify alleged high-ranking Alameddine member Samimjan Azari, who was in the back seat, as the suspected target.
May 20, 2025: Condell Park
Innocent plumber John Versace is executed outside his family’s home in a suspected case of mistaken identity, with police suspecting an organised crime figure who lives in the same street was the intended target.
May 12, 2025: Yennora
Professional MMA fighter Hayder Khudhair, known as the “Silent Assassin”, is shot in the wrist and abdomen after a car stopped suddenly in front of him and a gunman hopped out, opening fire on the truck he was driving.
May 9, 2025: Mount Druitt
More than 30 shots are fired into a home moments after alleged high-ranking bikie Taniela Moeakiola walked through the front door, having arrived from interstate to visit relatives.
May 1, 2025: Marsden Park
Masked gunmen open fire on an innocent family’s home in what police suspect to be an escalation of a tit-for-tat feud between two gangs involved in Sydney’s “postcode wars”.
April 17, 2025: Bankstown
Thi Kim Tran is shot dead, execution-style, by members of a Vietnamese drug cartel who had kidnapped her from her home and sent her partner ransom demands in the minutes before they killed her. Police are investigating whether she was attacked because of her partner’s suspected links to a Victorian organised crime group.
April 16, 2025: Guildford West
A home is targeted in a drive-by shooting in an incident suspected to be linked to an ongoing feud between the Alameddines and the KVT gang, with a former resident of the house linked to one of the groups.
March 22, 2025: Merrylands
A family of five is left shaken after bullets are fired into their home in an attack police suspect to be targeted at a former resident, who had moved out months earlier.
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