Merrylands
The suburb at the epicentre of Sydney’s violent crime crisis
Youth workers are putting themselves between vulnerable teens and the crime families willing to pay them for brazen acts of violence.
- Jessica McSweeney and Riley Walter
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The map that exposes Sydney’s bloody two-year gang war
Data compiled by the Herald reveals the shocking pattern of shootings, firebombings and underworld violence that has scarred the city.
- Perry Duffin and Nigel Gladstone
Three Sydney homes shot at as gangland war intensifies
Within half an hour, three homes in Sydney were sprayed with bullets on Friday night.
- Sally Rawsthorne
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- Iftar
Merrylands’ hot brunch spot serves a breakfast board loaded with the lot
Kabul House is still hugely popular, but young families and Zoomers are flocking to impressive modern Middle Eastern restaurant Iftar.
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The moment that shook a vibrant Sydney suburb to its core
The stabbing spree has shaken Merrylands and reduced the retail artery where it happened, usually a humming hub of activity, to a quiet murmur.
- Mostafa Rachwani
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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
The Sydney hospitals where nurses are expected to be prison guards
Alleged killings are predictable when hospitals are treated as prisons, a senior psychiatrist says, as the use of Section 19b orders has become a lightning rod.
- Kate Aubusson
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Shocking CCTV footage captures moments before Sydney stabbing rampage
One person was killed and two others injured in the attack. The alleged stabber had absconded from care for “complex mental health needs”.
- Amber Schultz, Jack Gramenz and Daniel Lo Surdo
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Self Raised bakery expands again with new Merrylands store.
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