The killing of a 'mob hitman' shot dead in his driveway in front of his 12-year-old nephew was

Daily Mail ^ | 11/6/16 | Stephen Johnson, Kate Darvall

[LibWhacker]

• Hitman Hamad Assaad's ambush murder captured on police cameras
• Authorities were about to raid tattooed underworld figure's Sydney house
• Police Middle Eastern Organised Crime Squad was doing surveillance
• Assaad was gunned down on driveway in front of his 12-year-old nephew

Executed hitman Hamad Assaad's gangland murder was captured on video by police as they prepared to raid his home.

The 29-year-old underworld figure was repeatedly shot in front of his 12-year-old nephew in Sydney's south-west on Tuesday.

Two gunmen ambushed him on his driveway, at Georges Hall, as the Middle Eastern Organised Crime Squad conducted surveillance on his house, The Sunday Telegraph reports.

Etched in ink around Hamad Assaad's (pictured) neck was the word 'executioner'

The execution-style murder on October 25 was over in 10 seconds.

Detectives outside his Sturt Avenue house tried in vain to save Assaad, who died at the scene.

[Karliner]

Heh, heh! Haven’t heard “xin loi” in decades. In VN it usually meant “tough s***”.

Busted! Dargonnit! Best I can use without airing nasty English on how I feel about this story. Glad you got a chuckle.

[RetiredTexasVet]

Not only was their the crime of murder but someone used an “unregistered machine gun” .... how is that possible in gunless Australia? /s/

[Scrambler Bob]

“unregistered machine gun”

That should be “undocumented”.

[School of Rational Thought]

Easy solution: establish gun control and open immigration of Muslims.

[WayneS]

But..

but...

but...

Guns are illegal in Australia.

[dfwgator]

“That’s that... And there was nothing we could do!”

[WayneS]

Assaad had also allegedly stole about $350,000 worth of methamphetamines from an Asian drug syndicate in the weeks leading up to his murder.

...and we all know how willing Asian drug syndicates are to forgive those who trespass against them...