
Bombshell breakthrough in Bali gangland murder as cops reveal key discovery
Zivan 'Stipe' Radmanovic, 35, was shot dead in front of his wife Jazmyn Gourdeas shortly after midnight on June 14 at a villa in Munggu, in the Indonesian island's south.
A second man staying in the villa, Sanar Ghanim, 34, was left seriously injured in the alleged attack.
Radmanovic's wife Jazmyn Gourdeas and her sister Daniella, who is the partner of Ghanim, hid under covers in a bedroom as two gunmen stormed the villa.
Senior Commissioner Ariasandy said on Monday, during a press conference at Badung Police Station, that officers had found a second handgun believed to have been used in the shooting.
He said: 'We have found a nine millimetre caliber pistol, discovered by investigators in an irrigation stream, not far from the crime scene where the victim's vehicle had been found.'
Badung Police Chief Batubara explained the second firearm was found 15 days after the shooting and about one week after officers found the first gun.
'The second weapon was found around 50 meters from the location where the first gun was found.
'After we found the first gun, we faced several days of bad weather, including heavy rain, which caused the irrigation channel to flood.
'We found the second gun buried in the sands in Tabanan.'
Mr Ariasandy confirmed the second firearm has been sent for forensic examination.
'We now strongly believe that the handgun found is one of the two firearms used in the fatal shooting of the victim,' he said.
'Based on forensic laboratory results, we have confirmed the balaclava and gloves recovered from the crime scene, believed to belong to one of the perpetrators, contained DNA that matches one of the suspects currently in custody.
'The DNA found on the balaclava and gloves is identical to one of the suspect.'
Three Australian men – Paea-I-Middlemore Tupou, 26, Mevlut Coskun, 23, and Darcy Francesco Jenson, 27 – have been arrested and may face the firing squad if found guilty.
Bali police will allege Melbourne men Mr Coskun and Mr Paea-I-Middlemore were the gunmen while Mr Jenson, from Sydney, helped plan the murder, while also providing a sledgehammer and hire cars for the getaway.
The shooting is understood to be connected to Melbourne's feuding Middle Eastern crime syndicates.
Mr Ghanim survived the shooting but Bali police confirmed he recently underwent surgery and his condition is not currently known.
The latest update in the chilling case comes after the DNA of Mr Radmanovic was found on the shoe of a suspect.
Earlier this month, Mr Ariasandy said: 'We found evidence linking the perpetrator to the items found at the crime scene... DNA on the suspect, which turned out to be the victim's DNA.
'This is one of the strongest pieces of evidence that indicates the suspect is the perpetrator, the executor of the crime.'
At the scene police found 17 bullet casings and 55 bullet fragments at the scene.
Bali Police revealed how the gang of suspects allegedly fled across Indonesia after the shooting, escaping the scene on motorbikes before switching cars twice on an 18–hour, 1200km getaway to Jakarta.
The three can be held without charge for months while police investigate the killing.
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