Two Sydney women "assassinated" on public street
An investigation is underway after two women were shot and killed in what police have described as an assassination.
Lametta Fadlallah, 48, and Amy Al-Hazzouri, 39, were targetted in their car which was parked on Hendy Avenue, Panania in Sydney’s inner south-west about 10pm on Saturday.
A 16-year-old girl and 20-year-old man were also inside the car at the time but were not injured.
Ms Fadlallah died at the scene while Ms Al-Hazzouri was rushed to Liverpool Hospital where she died a short time later.
Police are currently investigating whether Ms Fadlallah was killed because had information about Sydney's underworld.
The mother-of-two, who was known to police, had been in a relationship with a founding member of a street gang before moving on to a Kings Cross standover man, Halal Safi, who has since died.
Police believe Ms Al-Hazzouri was in the wrong place at the wrong time during the time of the attack.
Four torched cars were found nearby in Presland Ave in Revesby, Devlin Drive in Wattle Grove and Elizabeth Crescent in Yagoona, with police hoping to find any links relating to the shooting.
NSW Police Force Detective Superintendent Danny Doherty described the shooting as a "organised, methodical murder".
"This is an appalling attack on two women who have lost their lives in a planned murder, an assassination really, that's happened in a public street in Sydney," he said.
"It's not acceptable by any standards. It's unprecedented, really and we're determined to get the answers for the family.”
He went on to say that the attackers “threw the book out” when targeting the women.
"There used to be an unwritten law with the criminal element that you don't touch family," Superintendent Doherty continued.
"You don't touch women. It looks like that rule book has been thrown out the window.
"It shows how low they've gotten at this point, that anyone associated with targets, they don't discriminate if you're male or female."
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