Hunt for killers heads overseas

Toufik, 64, and Salim, 18, were allegedly shot in a brazen daylight shooting while sitting in a parked ute outside a property in Osgood Street, Guildford, just before 9am on Wednesday, October 20, 2021.
Salim died at the scene, while Toufik died on the way to hospital.
Detectives attached to State Crime Command’s Homicide Squad established Strike Force Ormerod to investigate the murders.
Four men aged 20, 25, 18 and 23 have previously been charged over their alleged roles in the incident.
Following further extensive inquiries, including a public appeal for information in December 2023, about 6.20am today (Wednesday, May 8), strike force detectives executed two search warrants in Austral and Riverstone.
At Austral, police arrested a 28-year-old man, who is expected to be charged with two counts of murder and for his involvement in a criminal group.
Just after 11am today, a 29-year-old man was transferred from a Goulburn correctional centre to Goulburn Police Station, where he is also expected to be charged with two counts of murder and his involvement in a criminal group.
Simultaneously, strike force detectives have this morning applied for and obtained the arrest warrants for three men believed to be offshore.
Rafat Alameddine, John Ray Bayssari and Zaid Abdelhafez are now wanted by virtue of an outstanding warrant for two counts of murder.
Alameddine, 30, is described as being of Mediterranean/ Middle Eastern appearance, about 180cm tall, of solid build with dark brown hair, a beard and moustache; Bayssari, 33, is described as being of Mediterranean/ Middle Eastern appearance, about 170cm tall, of solid build with dark brown hair, a beard and moustache; and Abdelhafez, 24, is described as being of Mediterranean/ Middle Eastern appearance, about 175cm tall, of thin build with black hair.
As inquiries continue, State Crime Commander, Assistant Commissioner Michael Fitzgerald, appealed to these wanted men to now come home.
“The callous murders of father and son, Toufik and Salim Hamze, was one of the worst organised crime assassinations we’ve seen in Australia, in which an innocent man was caught up in the violence and depravity,” Assistant Commissioner Fitzgerald said.
“Now these three men are officially wanted on the charges of murder, we are appealing to them today to come home and face the consequences.
“And as they will be no doubt aware, the arm of the law is far reaching – and there are no safe havens to hide.”
Commander of State Crime Command’s Homicide Squad, Detective Superintendent Danny Doherty, praised the work of detectives in solving this murder.
“The nature of these murders galvanised our detectives to investigate this to the nth degree and pursue every person responsible – from the puppets to the puppeteers,” Det Supt Doherty said.
“With the arrest warrants now obtained for these three well-known organised crime figures, I can confidently say our detectives are close in solving this brutal murder in its totality.”
Investigations under Strike Force Ormerod continue.