A notorious kickboker and bikie is executed in a brutal shooting in the day, after he survived several earlier attempts in his life – while his family promises revenge.
Sam 'The Punisher' Abdulrahim was shot down on Tuesday at 10 am in a parking lot outside the Quest Hotel on High Street in the suburb of Melbourne in the suburb of Preston.
The former Bikie boxer has been the target of three murder contracts, a prison berries, three attacks, a dozen fire bomb attacks and seven shootings.
In an attempt at hit, he was shot eight times and survived, and in another he escaped a barrage of bullets.
The 34-year-old former Mongolian bikie has been living in his former family home in Thomastown last year for two shootings.
He was once the partner of former married Ster Jessika Power. The couple enjoyed two years before the incident of a short -lived romance.
Abdulrahim's sister Ektimal went to social media only a few hours after his death with a message for his murderer.
“The one who shot my brother to death, I'm behind you,” she wrote.
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)
Found a bullet on the scene where the Punisher met his downfall
“I know it's your dog. Never ends here. '
The many enemies of Abdulrahim are supposed to have included in the Middle Eastern organized crime bosses Kazem Hamad and Ahmed Al Hamza.
Friends and family of the dreaded gangster have been merged into a crime scene outside the hotel, where it is supposed to have been shot in the underground parking lot.
The police manage a maximum of 40 loved ones everywhere, with some people entering the parking lot to see his body.
The murder of Abdulrahim came only a few days after a news item warned in the era that he was marked by criminal rivals before death.
Abdulrahim reportedly went into hiding in May 2024 after he barely escaped an ambush outside his northern suburbs home, where shooters shot on him 17 times.
His Lalor house, shot down in another drive-by and then later Vuurbombo, was abandoned and left unjustly.
The Instagram account of Abdulrahim was littered with deliberate false paths.
A photo is supposedly posted from Lebanon with the caption: “Feels good to be in Motherland.” At the same time he was seen in a Melbourne bar.
In September he seemed to work as a bodyguard for Russian mixed martial artist Khabib Nurmagomedov during an event in Kuala Lumpur, according to the newspaper.
It is understood that Abdulrahim's actions sealed his downfall together with dreaded prison boss George Marrogi.
Abdulrahim was linked to the 2016 murder of northern suburbs Drug trafficking Kadir ORS by Marrogi outside Campbellfield Plaza.
Friends and family of the Punisher made it far to the crime scene
Police on site where Abdulrahim was murdered on Tuesday
Abdulrahim outside the court of the magistrates of Melbourne after a wild fight
Crime boss George Marrogi killed a man who had been to Abdulrahim. Some say that his involvement has made him a clear man
George Marrogi makes his escape after crushing drug trafficking Kadir Ors outside Campbellfield Plaza
Allies of ORS believed that Abdulrahim had agreed to meet the victim in the shopping center, where he would be the target of the brutal shooting that was carried out by Marrogi.
On Tuesday, the murder team of Victoria Police came together at the hotel 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.”
Detectives believe that car in the reservoir just after 10.30 am this morning near the intersection of Northernhay and Alexandra Streets is linked to the crime.
The white Porsche is suspected of being the escape car used by the murderers.
Friends of the dreaded gangster were seen who gathered behind police tape outside the hotel where he died just after noon.
Abdulrahim and his sister Ektimal, who went to social media on Tuesday
Reality star Jessika Power and 'The Punisher' in happier times
In the days and weeks before he was murdered, the police played well on the movements of Abdulrahim.
One source told Daily Mail Australia that he had been warned by the police that he was in the risk of murder through the Punisher and arrived at his door to warn him.
Underworld sources say that Abdulrahim had no shortage of enemies.
Among the others with a resentment against the notorious underworld figure were reportedly his former Bikie Club-de Mongols-Even if high-ranking members of the Comancheros and a large number of organized crime figures in the Middle East.
His relatives and friends were also caught at the Crossfire of Rivals.
Sources said the age that the family members and employees of Abdulrahim had become virtual social pariahs as a result of a recent wave of attacks, with many fearing that they would jeopardize themselves if they were associated with them.
At the end of last year, the family member of an immediate employee of Abdulrahim was reportedly held in shot in their house and only released in exchange for $ 150,000, the newspaper reported.
The question of money was punishment for the continuous support of the Abdulrahim employee. The kidnapping has never been reported to the police.
Sam 'The Punisher' Abdulrahim was shot on Tuesday in Melbourne
Abdulrahim was blasted with bullets outside a cemetery in Melbourne
His parents' car was destroyed in another attempt at his life
Abdulrahim became a household name throughout the country when he survived a brutal murder after a funeral.
Washed shot him eight times when he left the funeral of his cousin in Fawner in June 2022.
The alleged Hitmen infiltrated the monument and followed Abdulrahim's car when he left the cemetery before he drove past his Mercedes and opened the fire.
In February last year, a Thornbury location was set up to hold a boxing match in the Abdulrahim's bid for a world title, burned down.
Then in May two crews lured him out of his Thomastown house by set fire to his parents' cars outside their house in Brunswick.
In the meantime, a second group of shooters was waiting outside the property of Thomastown, shoots at him 17 times, but misses the goal.
Only a few weeks later, Schutters returned to his empty house and shot back into the house, but this time Abdulrahim was nowhere to be found.
In his last weeks alive it was said that Abdulrahim had become “something of a spirit” when he moved between Melbourne, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand.
His happiness finally ran out.
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
