Horror scenes as two shot on Sydney street in suspected underworld attack

News.com.au

25-05-2025

Two men, one with links to the Alameddine crime gang and the other a solicitor, are fighting for their lives after they were shot in a public attack in Sydney's west on Sunday evening.
Alameddine associate Dawood Zakaria was shot in the head, and legal professional Sylvan Singh in the arm and leg, when a gunman opened fire on the white Toyota HiLux ute as they waited at a red light on Church St in Granville, underneath the M4 overpass, about 5.10pm, The Daily Telegraph reports.
Witnesses said the car containing Zakaria, Singh and two other men was set upon as it waited at the busy intersection, which is right on the border of Granville and Parramatta in the heart of Sydney's west. The incident is a suspected underworld attack.
A court heard in March how Zakaria had been among a group targeted in a broad daylight shooting at Brighton-Le-Sands earlier this year, in which no one was injured. He is now fighting for life in a critical condition in hospital, with multiple gunshot wounds, while Singh who is understood to have been an innocent victim caught in the crossfire, was said to be in a stable condition.
Police were called to the scene following reports of a shooting and located two men suffering multiple gunshot wounds in a car.
The injured men were treated at the scene by NSW Ambulance paramedics and taken to hospital. Another two men, who were uninjured, were also located inside the vehicle.
A short time later, police were called to Sherwood St in Merrylands where they located a car and nearby tree well alight.
Fire and Rescue NSW were able to extinguish the blaze, but not before the vehicle was destroyed.