Bali shooter suspect returns to island in handcuffs after gangland hit of two Aussies in luxury villa
One of the suspected gunmen involved in the shooting of two Australians in a brutal attack in a Bali villa has been extradited to the holiday island in handcuffs.
Zivan 'Stipe' Radmanovic, 35, and Sanar Ghanim, 34, were shot just after midnight on Saturday at a villa in Munggu - in Badung Regency in Bali's south - in an attack believed to be linked to Melbourne 's feuding Middle Eastern crime syndicates.
Radmanovic died at the scene after he was shot twice in the chest and once in the foot, while Ghanim was rushed to Kuta's BIMC Hospital with gunshot wounds.
Ghanim is the former partner of slain Melbourne gangland boss Carl Williams's stepdaughter Danielle Stephens. He was discharged from hospital on Sunday, using a wheelchair and nursing a bandaged leg.
Footage captured in Bali Airport on Tuesday night showed one of the suspects walking in handcuffs with two police officers holding him by the arms.
He wore a black T-shirt and shorts, and covered his face with a jumper.
Police had earlier confirmed two people have been arrested, one in Jakarta and one overseas, over the alleged shooting.
Indonesian Police Chief Listyo Budi Prabowo told Daily Mail Australia on Tuesday that both would be extradited to Bali.
Two people have been arrested, one in Jakarta and one overseas, over the alleged shooting (pictured, one of the suspects is pictured in police custody at Bali Airport)
'One of them is already in Jakarta, while the other is currently on the way to Jakarta from overseas,' Mr Budi said.
The arrests follow concerns the alleged gunmen had fled to a nearby airport and flown out of the country as police rushed to the scene.
Both Ghanim and Radmonovic's family are currently being kept on the island 'under close police watch', authorities said.
Daily Mail Australia understands the Radmanovic family has now signed the paperwork for an autopsy to be carried out, after earlier delaying the process.
An examination of Radmanovic by a forensic doctor indicated he had been shot several times and also beaten.
Ghanim and his partner had been living in Bali for some time.
Radmanovic and his wife, mother-of-six Jazmyn Gourdeas, are understood to have arrived with her family on Thursday to celebrate her 30th birthday.
The Bali Tribune reported Gourdeas was sleeping when she heard her husband screaming at 12.15am.
Peeking out from behind a blanket, she saw a man wearing an orange jacket and a second man gunning down her husband in the toilet.
Images from the villa show a man, believed to be Radmanovic, lying motionless next to a toilet. Moments later, Ms Gourdeas heard more gunfire before Ghanim screamed.
It's understood Ghanim suffered seven gunshot wounds in his bed before Ms Gourdeas tried to stop the bleeding as they waited for emergency services.
'[She] ran out of the room and shouted when she saw Sanar was bleeding and went back to the toilet to check her husband's condition by checking his pulse,' an unnamed Bali Police officer said.
A fourth person in the villa - believed to be a family member - managed to flee the property while gunshots rang out.
Police found 17 bullet casings and 55 bullet fragments at the scene.
The alleged killers - one was said by a witness to have spoken in a 'thick Australian accent' - were last seen fleeing the villa on scooters.
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