Greenacre
‘Life-altering injuries’: Masked home invaders sever man’s hand with machete
Police say the 23-year-old victim of the “brutal, violent” attack had no links to organised crime and was targeted because of his family’s business.
- Carrie Fellner and Cindy Yin
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Houses shot, police chase ‘kill car’ in night of gang violence across Sydney
Police say they chased down men in balaclavas as they drove a high-performance “kill car” stocked with jerry cans, bleach and guns.
- Perry Duffin
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- Crime
Police charge 25-year-old and 15-year-old with attempted murder of former NRL star
The new arrests add to those on Thursday and follow a spate of violent incidents allegedly targeting former Bulldogs star Matt Utai’s son, who police say is embroiled in an escalating gangland conflict.
- Riley Walter, Amber Schultz and Cindy Yin
The NRL star, a wayward son and a gangland war with Sydney’s most notorious crime family
A new threat to the Alameddines’ supremacy – the self-proclaimed Coconut Cartel – has emerged amid an escalating conflict over control of a lucrative drug trade.
- Riley Walter and Perry Duffin
Crime gang declares war on son of ex-NRL star, police throw 100 officers at new taskforce
Bulldogs premiership player Matt Utai was shot in the escalating underworld conflict believed to involve his son Iziah, also targeted in several attacks.
- Perry Duffin, Riley Walter and Daniel Lo Surdo
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- Crime
Former NRL star shot in ‘brazen ambush’, police probe son’s gangland links
Police believe the Bulldogs premiership winger Matt Utai, shot twice outside his Sydney home, is an innocent casualty in an escalating gang war.
- Perry Duffin, Daniel Lo Surdo, Jack Gramenz, Adrian Proszenko and Christian Nicolussi
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- Fire
Firefighters battle enormous blaze at factory in Sydney’s south-west
The fire engulfed a timber furniture factory, showering bricks to the ground as dozens of firefighters pumped water from nearby streets.
- Jack Gramenz
Pistols, revolvers and thousands of bullets seized as cops swoop on alleged contract killers
Six people believed to be members of a “contract kill crew” have been arrested in a major bust in Sydney, while two others have been arrested over an alleged shooting plot.
- Amber Schultz, Daniel Lo Surdo and Jack Gramenz
In the heart of industrial Greenacre, a frog sanctuary teems with life
Once plentiful, now endangered: Sydney’s green and golden bell frogs are coming back in the most unlikely of places.
- Caitlin Fitzsimmons
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- Roads
Teenage boy dead, sister in critical condition after horror night on NSW roads
A 16-year-old boy was killed when the car his older sister was driving collided with a truck, while two other people died in separate incidents overnight.
- Riley Walter and Josefine Ganko