11/02/2023

Mejid Hamzy, 44, the brother of notorious criminal and Brothers For Life founder Bassam Hamzy, was gunned down in Sydney’s south-west, on October 19.

Mejid Hamzy (pictured) was shot dead in Condell Park in Sydney’s south-west last week
Gangland figures have been banned from suburbs across Sydney amid fears a bloody underworld war could explode in the wake of a fatal daylight shooting.  
Mejid Hamzy, 44, the brother of notorious criminal and Brothers For Life founder Bassam Hamzy, was gunned down outside his home in Condell Park, in Sydney’s south-west, on October 19. 
The daytime execution has already led to more violence, and police fear the retributions will cause carnage on Sydney’s streets.
Mohammed Hamzy, Mejid’s cousin, was stabbed by another inmate at John Morony Correctional Centre in Windsor on Friday.
NSW Police have now released maps of suburbs where 22 people are not allowed to enter in an attempt to prevent more retaliatory attacks.
The rules are being enforced through Public Safety Orders and aim to stop individuals from associating with each other, as well as to stop them from confronting their rivals.
The orders have been issued to 22 men linked to the Hamzy and Alameddine crime families, according to the The Daily Telegraph. 
Police are looking into a feud between the two families as they investigate Hamzy’s death. 
Some members of the Hamzy clan and their associates are not allowed to visit Blacktown, Doonside, Rooty Hill, Plumpton and Kings Langley under the orders (pictured)
High-profile Alameddine family member Talal Alameddine is jailed in the same prison as Bassam Hamzy – who traded blows in a vicious brawl in the Goulburn Supermax exercise yard in 2018. 
Talal was earlier this year convicted of assaulting his fellow inmate, but the NSW Director of Public Prosecutions dropped a charge of affray against Hamzy in August 2019. 
Talal’s elder brother Rafat Alameddine’s house was targeted by shooters in the days before Hamzy’s death. 
Daily Mail Australia is not suggesting Rafat Alameddine or any of his family and associates are involved with Mejid’s fatal shooting. 
Some members of the Hamzy clan and their associates are not allowed to visit neighbourhoods in Blacktown, Doonside, Rooty Hill, Plumpton and Kings Langley under the orders.
The no-go zones for some members of the Alameddine family and associates stretches from the south-west to the eastern suburbs of Sydney.
This includes parts of Padstow, Bankstown, Chullora, Lidcombe, Silverwater, Bronte, Clovelly, Sans Souci and Dolls Point. 
If any of the 22 people live in a no-go zone, they are allowed to be at their home but are restricted from walking around outside without a valid excuse.  
Those who are caught breaking the Public Safety Order can be charged and jailed for a maximum of five years. 
It also means police can search their cars and houses whenever they want. 
The orders are in place for 72 hours as police desperately try to crack down on the alleged underworld battleground.    
‘Well the time to muck about has passed. We’ve got people dying on the streets and it’s got to stop,’ Detective Superintendent Robert Critchlow told radio station 2GB on Tuesday.
‘We’re sick of this behaviour … and we won’t tolerate ongoing conduct endangering the whole community.’ 
‘We’re not stopping. We’re using every legislative power we have to prevent further crime and make these people stop.’ 
Mejid was the brother of notorious criminal and Brothers For Life founder Bassam Hamzy (pictured)
Officers attached from Strike Force Raptor and South West Metropolitan Region have continued a targeted execution of firearm prohibition orders across Sydney’s south-west in addition to the public safety orders issued. 
Police have vowed to use all legislative avenues and powers available to them in their bid to end the gangland war.
‘The next step will likely see Serious Crime Prohibition Orders enforced which place huge restrictions on the way of life of those who have been served them,’ Detective Superintendent Critchlow said in a statement.
‘Anyone involved in these shootings or other violent activity, should expect to be arrested. Shooting into homes, businesses or cars is reckless and dangerous and will not be tolerated by police.
‘We will not stop in our pursuit of these reckless and careless individuals who continue to put the community at risk, and if you are involved, wherever you are, whatever you are doing, it is best to assume we are watching your every move.’
Strike Force Raptor have since stepped up their operation targeting criminal networks in Sydney’s south-west following the murder of Mejid Hamzy (pictured) last week
More than 1,000 mourners attended the funeral of Mejid Hamzy, 44, last Thursday
More than 1,000 mourners attended Mejid’s funeral in Sydney’s south-west last Thursday.
Mejid was shot several times outside his duplex in Simmat Avenue, where he lived with his wife and young children. He also cared for the adult orphans of an uncle and aunt who died some years earlier.
He staggered 200m around a corner into Curtin Place where he died outside a friend’s home.
The police investigation into his murder is continuing. 
Detectives and Mejid’s family fear there will be retaliation for the murder from the slain gangster’s associates.
‘It’s going to get very ugly, I’ll tell you that,’ a cousin of the dead man told Daily Mail Australia last week
His brother Bassam, 41, is serving 40 years in Goulburn’s Supermax jail – Australia’s most secure prison – for a string of offences including murder.
Hundreds attended Mejid Hamzy’s burial service at Rookwood Cemetery last Thursday
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