Overview
- Police say a 32-year-old man identified by multiple outlets as Emilio Chalhoub was assaulted outside a Guildford home about 11:30pm Monday and was found an hour later in Casula with facial injuries.
- Four men aged 21 to 22 and a 15-year-old boy have been charged with kidnapping, firearm, arson, and related offenses, with the adults refused bail for Liverpool Local Court on Wednesday and the teen to the Children's Court.
- Detectives found the suspected getaway Ford Ranger partially burnt in Villawood and later seized a firearm, a baseball bat, and other items during a Casula raid.
- In a separate probe, police charged a 19-year-old with the February kidnapping and murder of 85-year-old Chris Baghsarian, with the commissioner saying the accused supplied a firearm used in the initial abduction.
- Investigators are probing broader gang links tied to the Alameddine network, and senior officers say criminal groups are contracting younger offenders online, pointing to more arrests as taskforces widen their net.