Source : Perth Now news
The undertaker for a slain Sydney gangster’s burial has posted an emotional video on social media, praying for a peaceful service after shots were fired at a service for Lorenzo Lemalu.
The undertaker for Lorenzo Lemalu’s burial has posted an emotional video on social media after shots were fired at his funeral on Saturday
Muslim undertaker Ahmad Hraichie said he hopes the Sunday service goes smoothly and “we end up home back to our families in peace”.
“I’ve never been nervous about a funeral doing this for so many times but after what happened yesterday with the shooting at Punchbowl, sometimes you think to yourself and you worry,” he said.
“As I’m about to get into the Mosque here, I can see already the OSG, the riot squad, the police are all lined up, banked up here.”
Lemalu’s funeral was rocked by a hail of bullets from an SUV at Diamond Venues in Punchbowl on Saturday.
Lemalu was believed to be a senior figure in Sydney’s underworld crime crew the Coconut Cartel and was gunned down outside a seafood restaurant in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam on May 21.
According to NSW Police, shots were fired into the Sydney venue about 2.20pm on Saturday from an unknown SUV before the vehicle fled the scene.
Police say no injuries were reported and the vehicle is believed to have been found engulfed in flames a short time later.
Video of the shooting was shared online by crime news outlet SCN WorldStar, capturing more than two dozen shots being fired at the second level of the building.
“Yeah, yeah this window right here cuz,” a male voice can be heard saying before a gloved and hooded passenger in the rear of the vehicle opens fire.
“Keep going cuz, keep going.
“Aye done? Aye lets f–king go lad.”
Two Samoan nationals have been charged in connection with his death in the Southeast Asian country, with police alleging they were acting “under the direction of an individual abroad”.
