Overview
- NSW Police charged a 17-year-old and a 21-year-old over alleged public place shootings in Sydney’s south-west after a string of attacks overnight.
- The violence began with shots at a Casula barber shop, moved to a café firebombing in South Wentworthville, then to gunfire at homes in Merrylands and Guildford, with no injuries reported.
- Officers pursued a black Range Rover that was later found in Smithfield, arrested two nearby, and allegedly seized firearms and two jerry cans.
- Investigators say several targets are tied to the Alameddine organised crime network, including a Merrylands house linked to alleged leader Raf Alammedine.
- Taskforce Falcon, set up to curb Alameddine-linked violence, remains on high alert and warns tit-for-tat attacks could put families and bystanders at risk.