A number of underworld figures and bikies are reportedly leaving Sydney because of the current gangland war and increasing police pressure. The shooting of Comanchero sergeant at arms Tarek Zahed and his brother Omar signalled to many it was time to leave town. “It is out of control,” said one senior underworld figure. “The people being hit are big time ...
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Sole surviving Paris terrorist found guilty, receives whole life sentence
The sole surviving member of an Islamic State terror cell responsible for the devastating 2015 Paris attacks has been found guilty of murder by a French court and sentenced to life in prison. Salah Abdeslam, 32, was one of 10 ISIS extremists involved in the attack that killed 130 people and injuried more than 500. The attacks on the Bataclan ...
Read More »Sisters believed to be foreign nationals lay dead in Canterbury unit for over a month
Two sisters who moved to Australia together lay dead and decomposing inside their Sydney unit for more than a month-and-a-half, because it was not unusual for them to have little contact with family. NSW Police have confirmed the bodies of the 23-year-old and 24-year-old sisters were found in separate bedrooms of their apartment on Canterbury Rd in Canterbury, in the ...
Read More »CCTV footage released of armed robbery in Sydney’s west, police call for information
CCTV footage has been released of an armed robbery and a separate aggravated break and enter in Sydney’s west and north-west last year, as police appeal for more information with the two incidents potentially linked. Detectives from the State Crime Command’s Robbery and Serious Crime Squad are now investigating both under Strike Force Karabin, and have identified that both men ...
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