EXCLUSIVE Convicted coke dealer fires back at the gunmen who shot up his home with a furious message for the wannabe gangsters
Police were called to the matriarch's home on Davidson Avenue in Concord in Sydney 's inner-west shortly after 1am on June 256, amid reports 'five or six shots' had been fired.
The home belongs to Hasna Frangieh, mother of Joe and Ray Frangieh, who were jailed for cocaine supply in 2002.
It was bought by Ms Frangieh for $1.5million in 2015.
Joe Frangieh told Daily Mail Australia he was overseas at the time of the shooting and had 'no idea' if it was specifically targeted at his family home.
'I think only cowards shoot houses - why is the point (sic),' he said.
'What if my mother or kids were hit. How does that make you strong.
'It's [a] bunch of cowards and the Australian Police would have to be the most embarrassing force on the planet - they should step up and let the streets sort themselves out or step away.'
Police were called to the property on Davidson Avenue in Concord in Sydney's inner-west shortly after 1am on Thursday (pictured)
Mr Frangieh added: 'And as for these idiots that are just doing these hits not knowing what they're doing, I feel sorry for them, as if they knew the consequences of their actions they would think twice.
'And that's [where] the problem lies, young idiots looking to make a quick earn ending up in jail for a very long time all for a little bit of money.'
A short time after responding to the shooting, emergency services were called to nearby car fire at Stuart Street in Burwood.
A stolen white 2021 Genesis was found rolling down the street while on fire.
It's understood the three occupants failed to put the handbrake on as they fled the scene in another white vehicle.
The Frangieh family has been targeted several times in the past.
In September 2003, shortly after the Frangieh brothers had been released from prison, their home in Bristol Street, Merrylands, was sprayed a dozen bullets.
Three months later, Mr Frangieh's father Sayed was fatally shot in the chest during another attack on the home.
It was later revealed the intended target of the shooting was Ray Frangieh.
Ray had become embroiled in a dispute with another crime figure, Ken Tan, who had reportedly failed to pay him $50,000 after buying his luxury BMW.
Earlier that day, Ray had run Tan off the road in an altercation over the unpaid sum.
Tan was jailed for manslaughter after it emerged he had sent associates to carry out the botched hit.
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