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Daily Mail
18-06-2025
- Daily Mail
Grim update on underworld figure's bodyguard following broad daylight shooting in busy Sydney kebab shop
One of the victims of a brazen shooting in a kebab shop may 'never walk again'. Two masked and hooded gunmen, dressed head to toe in black, sprinted into M Brothers in Auburn, in Sydney 's west, just after 1pm on Monday. Samimjan Azari, 26, was hit in the arm and shoulder, 25-year-old Kali Taiseni was shot in the face and an innocent female shop employee, Yurdagul Aydogu, suffered two gunshot wounds to the torso. Mr Taiseni, an aspiring footballer, was travelling with Azari when the shooting unfolded. While he was hit in the face with a bullet, it has been revealed that shrapnel travelled through to his head to spine. His loved ones were told he may never walk again, reported The Daily Telegraph. Ms Aydogu, 47, remains in a medically induced coma but is expected to make a full recovery. She underwent two round of surgery to remove the bullets from her body. Azari also remains hospitalised for his arm and shoulder injuries. The would-be assassins on Monday unleashed a volley of eight handgun shots as their victims tried to flee out the back, while another man attempted to fend them off with a chair. Police believe Azari was the target of the attack due to his underworld links. Azari has survived three prior attempts on his life - including being shot while he was riding in the back of a ute at Brighton Le Sands - and he was allegedly behind a heist at Condell Park in January. In that incident, he allegedly sent two men to steal illegal tobacco valued at roughly $4.5million from a black market syndicate, but it turned into a violent kidnapping. Three men were allegedly threatened with weapons, tied up, bashed and one of the men had his toe 'partially severed' in the attack which lasted up to half an hour. Officers are believed to have seized the cigarettes, Nine News reported. Police believe this incident is why Azari is wanted dead and Detective Superintendent Jason Box believed he also escaped a planned attack last Friday. 'On this occasion, witnesses sighted a white ute with several occupants with their faces covered, and one occupant was believed to be holding a firearm,' he said. Azari and his associates reportedly provided 'limited information'. CCTV showed the aftermath of the kebab shop shooting, with NSW Ambulance paramedics treating the injured at the scene. Diner owner Mohammed Rahimi revealed on Tuesday how he fought to save the life of staff cook Gul Yildiz, 47, as she lay bleeding from her wounds. 'There was a lot of blood,' he told Daily Mail Australia. 'I was basically putting pressure [on them].' He said he did not recognise the men who were shot in the hit, saying he sees a lot of customers each day. But he said the gunmen knew their targets and told staff to get on the ground. 'After second gunshot, the power cut off, so the shop was dark,' he added. 'One of the staff, as soon as she hear a gunshot, she fell down. She was there behind the counter with another staff, and basically [the gunman] told [us] to get down. The innocent victim caught in the crossfire is known in the community as a 'very good lady', locals told Daily Mail Australia. She is currently in a coma at Westmead Hospital with her daughter by her side and is believed to be in a stable condition. 'It is beyond comprehension that three people were shot in a crowded Sydney street in broad daylight, and the resources of the NSW police have already been deployed,' Acting NSW Police Commissioner Peter Thurtell said. Police recently warned that Azari was at the 'epicentre' of gangland tensions in the city. During a press conference on Monday, police minister Yasmin Catley said the gunmen will be held accountable as she shared her anger at an innocent woman getting shot. 'All she did was go to work and she has been caught up in this shocking event,' she said. 'It's one thing for criminals to be shooting each other but when innocent people get caught up in this, it is absolutely abhorrent and we will not tolerate it. 'It's completely unacceptable that this sort of behaviour should happen in Sydney.' 'We will do everything we can to bring these gunmen to justice. It's as simple as that. We will make sure that we go and go until we bring these people to justice.' Witnesses said two men with their faces covered entered the South Parade kebab shop and fired eight bullets. At the time of the shooting, the area was bustling with people on their lunch break and heading to the nearby Auburn train station.
Daily Mail
17-06-2025
- Daily Mail
BREAKING NEWS Innocent woman caught up in Auburn gangland shooting fighting for life in hospital
The innocent woman fighting for her life after being caught in a gangland shooting remains fighting for life in in hospital. Yurdagul Aydogu, 50, was shot twice in the stomach when two masked gunmen stormed M Brothers Kebab shop in Auburn, in Sydney 's west, just after 1pm on Monday. The would-be assassins unleashed a volley of eight handgun shots. Ms Aydogu, a staff member at the restaurant, was hit in the crossfire. Police have described her as an innocent victim simply doing her job. The intended target, 26-year-old Samimjan Azari, was shot in the arm and shoulder. A third man, who has not been identified, was shot in the face. Restaurant owner Mohammed Rahimi said he fought to save Ms Aydogu's life as she lay bleeding on the floor. 'There was a lot of blood,' he told Daily Mail Australia. 'I was basically putting pressure [on them].' He said he did not recognise the men who were shot in the hit, saying he sees a lot of customers each day. But he said the gunmen knew their targets and told staff to get on the ground. 'After second gunshot, the power cut off, so there shop was dark,' he added. 'One of the staff, as soon as she hear a gunshot, she fell down. She was there behind the counter with another staff, and basically [the gunman] told [us] to get down. The innocent victim caught in the crossfire is known in the community as a 'very good lady', locals told Daily Mail Australia. She is currently in a coma at Westmead Hospital with her daughter by her side.
News.com.au
17-06-2025
- News.com.au
‘Abhorrent': Kebab shop worker latest innocent victim caught in gangland crossfire
A kebab shop employee fighting for her life in hospital after being hit twice in the stomach in Sydney's latest brazen gangland shooting has been identified as Yurdagul Aydogu. The 50-year-old employee at M Brothers Takeaway, known as Gul, was caught in the crossfire with police describing her as an innocent victim simply doing her job. Ms Aydogu is in a critical condition, in an induced coma at Westmead Hospital. Police say the shooting, in front of a busy lunchtime crowd in Auburn, was a targeted underworld hit. Alleged gangland figure Samimjan Azari, 26, was the intended target, with detectives revealing it was the fourth time an attempt had been made on his life. Video footage shows Azari grabbing a chair to shield himself as two masked men run at him, while firing bullets at him and a man said to be his bodyguard. Ms Aydogu was hit in the midsection by two stray bullets. She is the 14th innocent person caught in the crossfire of the escalating gang wars said to have been sparked by a feud between the Alameddine crime clan and their former enforcers, the KVT. State Police Minister Yasmin Catley said this week it was 'abhorrent' that civilians were being caught in the crossfire of apparent underworld violence. 'A woman has been caught up in this event, an innocent victim doing her job, all she did is go to work and she has been caught up in this shocking event,' she said. 'It's one thing for criminals to be shooting each other, but when innocent people get caught up in this, it is absolutely abhorrent and we will not tolerate it.' Since the gang war began in October 2020, seven innocent people have been shot dead and at least another seven have been injured. Plumber John Versace was killed in a case of mistaken identity in May this year. A masked gunman dived from a Corolla and fired 10 shots at the young plumber in Condell Park as he screamed at him to stop. Described by relatives as 'a beautiful boy, an innocent boy,' Mr Versace had no known criminal associations. Thi Kim Tran, a 45-year-old mother originally from Vietnam, was tragically killed in Sydney on April 17 in what authorities described as a targeted act of gang-related violence. She was abducted from her home in Bankstown by five masked men and later found dead in a burnt-out SUV in Beverly Hills. Police believe the attack was linked to her partner's alleged involvement with an organised crime syndicate. During the home invasion, Ms Tran's eight-year-old son was severely beaten with a baseball bat and placed in an induced coma, while her 15-year-old son witnessed the traumatic event. Authorities have emphasised that Ms Tran and her children had no involvement in criminal activities. A month earlier, grandmother Kim Duncan was killed when she was hit by a slew of bullets which were fired into her Ambarvale home. Ms Duncan was not the intended target, but tragically died when she was struck by a piece of shrapnel. In 2023, Ahmad Al Azzam, 25, was killed and a young couple seriously injured in a bungled gangland shooting at an industrial estate in Greenacre. An innocent couple were also caught up in the shooting after the gunman's shots pierced their car parked 50 metres down the street. Kaashif Richards, 22, was shot in the neck and Achiraya Jantharat, 19, was shot in the back. Police sources said while Richards and Jantharat were together, they did not know Al-Azzam – who also did not have gang links. In the same year Taha Sabbagh, a 40-year-old father and well-known chauffeur in Sydney's Middle Eastern community, was killed in a targeted shooting outside the Elite Fight Force gym in Sefton. A getaway driver has been jailed, with the case playing out in court as one of mistaken identity. An innocent Sydney hairdresser was shot dead in 2022. Amy Al-Hazouri, 39, was shot dead alongside 48-year-old Lametta Fadlallah when their car was sprayed with bullets in Panania in what police labelled a targeted 'assassination'. Also in 2022, Toufik Hamze, 64, was executed alongside his son Salim, 18, as they cleaned a car outside their Guildford home. While Salim was believed to have been caught up in the underworld, Mr Toufik was just collateral, executed at close range. Also in 2022, a nine-year-old girl was shot in Connells Point as she walked from the car to the front of her home. It was an attack that sickened police, and left her with life long injuries. In 2021, Mustapha Naaman, 29, was killed in a volley of gunfire as he left a boxing fight night. Police again believe it was a case of mistaken identity. In the same year Rama Osman was shot in the head with a stray bullet while he was sitting in his car a few hundred metres up the road when low-level Alameddine crime clan member Shady Kanj was assassinated. Mr Osman had no links to any gang – and police said he was an innocent bystander. NSW Police Acting Commissioner Peter Thurtell described the latest shooting as 'beyond comprehension' and promised every available resource would be thrown at catching those responsible.
