When Sam 'The Punisher' Abdulrahim picked up the newspaper on Monday, he had even more reason to feel anxious than normal.
Abdulrahim already lived in hiding and was well aware that he was a current target.
But there, staring at him from the front page, it was uncovered in black and white.
Veteran crime reporter Chis Vedelago Detailed in pressure how it was only a matter of time before Abdulrahim's many enemies caught him.
The reality, however, was that they were even closer than someone who realized. The prediction came out the next day.
He was shot in a hail bullets outside his hiding place in the Quest Hotel of Preston in the north of Melbourne.
He stayed behind a puddle of blood for his traumatized girlfriend, while his murderers escaped in a Porsche outing, later a few kilometers away.
Vedelago followed the life and times of Abdulrahim well before he was the target of the Fawner cemetery in 2022.
Sam 'The Punisher' Abdulrahim knew he was in big, big problems
Found a bullet on the scene where the Punisher was killed
Holed-up Inside Quest, Abdulrahim probably believed that he was safe when he ate his cornflakes and considered the in-depth report from Vedelago about his sad situation in life.
But the article went one step further and explained the dreaded Kickboxer's family and friends were now also in the pistool visions of gangsters.
The former Bikie boxer had already been the target of three murder contracts, prison berries, three attacks, a dozen fire brigade bomb attacks and seven shootings.
He had survived an attempt at hit when he was shot eight times, and another where he escaped a barrage of bullets.
The Sunday era reported that a modest trading hired to repair the fence of the Punisher, the target of gunfire when a masked man jumped out of a stolen car in the neighborhood, a bullet that crashed his lower leg.
“By the time paramedics showed up, the footpath was soaked in blood,” Vedelago wrote in the era.
Abdulrahim Las 'Police and Underworld Sources' Presumably a series of apparently random or inexplicable violent attacks in the past six months was linked to his enemies.
The report claimed that the Abdulrahim family, friends and employees had come under the fire after the 32-year-old gangland figure had gone underground to escape a murder contract of $ 1 million on his head.
But Abdulrahim himself was no stranger to the death threats.
He had gone into hiding last May after he had just escaped an ambush outside his northern suburbs home, where armed men shot on him 17 times.
Vedelago claimed that Abdulrahim had become 'something of a spirit' – not knowing how good those words should be.
Surprised friends and family of the Punisher attend the crime scene
Reinforced friends gathered outside the Quest Apartments on Tuesday
Sam 'The Punisher' Abdulrahim read about himself in the newspaper before he was shot
Breeding about his own safety, he bounced between Melbourne, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand in an attempt to stay a step ahead of his enemies.
Abdulrahim's happiness ran out on Tuesday. Writing was on the wall … and now even in the newspaper.
The attempts of the Punisher to hide his spurs were called by Vedelago in the article.
“Abdulrahim's Instagram account is littered with false paths about where he is and what he does, including a photo that places a photo from Lebanon with the message:” Feels good to be in Motherland “when he was actually seen in a bar In Melbourne, “Vedelago wrote.
“In September he seemed to work briefly as a bodyguard for Russian mixed martial artist Khabib Nurmagomedov during an event in Kuala Lumpur.”
Abdulrahim reminded the story of how happy he had been in recent years.
The main suspect for many, but not all attacks, was banned by Gangland -Baas Kazem Hamad, who is said to have put a bounty of $ 1 million on Abdulrahim's head as part of a feud that went back almost a decade, was reported.
Abdulrahim's antics with dreaded gangland boss George Marrogi probably sealed his downfall, fedelago suggested.
Abdulrahim was linked to the 2016 Murder of Northern Suburbs Drug Trafficker Kadir Ors – Hamad's Best Mate – Outside Campbellfield Plaza.
Allies of ORS believed that Abdulrahim had agreed to meet the victim in the mall, so that he would be in position for the brutal shooting to be performed by Marrogi.
Sam 'The Punisher' Abdulrahim was reportedly shot in a parking lot outside the Quest Hotel in High Street, Preston, around 10.00 am on Tuesday
Reality star Jessika Power had a short relationship with Sam 'The Punisher' Abdulrahim (shown together)
Crime boss George Marrogi killed a man who had been to Abdulrahim. Some say that his involvement has made him a clear man
In September the age was reported that Abdulrahim had been followed by his rival to Bali – and they were not going to buy him a Bintang.
'Sam' The Punisher 'has enemies everywhere, “a underworld source then told Vedelago.
“Over the years he has made so many people angry by jumping from left to right.”
On Tuesday, the murder team of Victoria Police converged in the building where Abdulrahim was shot.
“Emergency services were called to report that a man had been shot in a parking lot in a parking lot in Preston shortly after 10.30 am on Tuesday 28 January,” said a spokesperson.
'The man, who still has to be formally identified, died on the spot. The police have dropped off the area and there is a crime scene in place.
“At this early stage, the police believe that the incident was the target.”
Friends of the dreaded gangster saw themselves behind the police tape just after noon.
A man at the crime scene told Daily Mail Australia that he had tried to warn the Punisher not to leave the previous location he had hidden.
“He wasn't afraid, he wasn't afraid of anything, he always said,” When my time comes, my time comes, “the man said.
Anyone who has witnessed the incident whether dashcam/cctv has images, or information is encouraged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333,000 or visit www.crimestoppersvic.com.au
