Police have been faced with a ‘code of silence’ as they urgently attempt to solve a spate of gangland killings in Sydney’s southwest, with the death toll increasing again on Saturday with the deaths of two women.
Lametta Fadlallah, 48, was fatally shot while riding in the back of a Toyota 4WD in front of the house she shared with her 16-year-old son in Revesby.
Amy Hazouri, 39, who had just concluded a shift at her hair shop in Bankstown and was thought to have been murdered as collateral damage, was also shot and killed beside her.
Since August 2020, fifteen individuals have been murdered as a consequence of Sydney’s gangland conflict.
Paul Toole, the Deputy Premier of New South Wales, said on Wednesday that police attempts to investigate the killings had been impeded by a community-wide ‘code of silence’ tangentially connected to the shootings.
These individuals are in the background, their families are engaged, and they are truly observing a rule of quiet.
“No one is speaking,” he continued.
Mr. Toole indicated that police resources will continue to be devoted to investigating murders and putting a stop to the violent epidemic in the southwest.
Therefore, we will continue to pour resources at the problem to guarantee that these illegal operations are eradicated.
Only two of these 15 suspected murders, including two double homicides, have been charged by authorities.
In April of this year, they were arrested for their participation in the planned killings of criminal boss Mahmoud ‘Brownie’ Ahmad and Sydney underworld member Mejid Hamzy in October of 2020.
Six guys have been accused with varying roles in the slayings of the two individuals.
The authorities claim that two of these individuals were the shooters who killed Hamzy.