Second man charged after Lone Wolf bikie was allegedly shot in the parking lot of an apartment building
- Second man charged with alleged shooting
- Bikie Yusuf Nazlioglu died on June 27 in Rhodes
A second man has been charged with the murder of a Sydney motorcyclist who was shot in a brutal attack.
Lone Wolf bikie Yusuf Nazlioglu, 40, was shot multiple times in the parking lot of his Rhodes apartment building on June 27 last year and died in hospital.
Strike Force Claypinch detectives charged Mohammed Hosni Khaled, 25, with the murder in April and he remains in court.
Lone Wolf bikie Yusuf Nazlioglu, 40, was shot multiple times in the parking lot of his Rhodes apartment building on June 27 last year and died in hospital
Police arrested Abdulrahman Atteya, 33, during a vehicle stop on Eighteenth Avenue, Austral, just before dawn on Wednesday.
Detectives later executed search warrants at homes in Austral, Granville and Bankstown, where they seized a number of items, they said in a statement.
Mr Atteya was taken to Liverpool Police Station and charged with murder.
He has been refused bail to appear before Liverpool local court on Wednesday, where he was formally refused bail to appear before Burwood local court on June 28.
Police will allege in court that the Liverpool man was involved in the planning and coordination of the incident and the investigation under Task Force Erebus and Strike Force Claypinch is ongoing.
In 2020, a jury found Nazlioglu not guilty of the murder of Comanchero boss Mick Hawi, who was shot in 2018 at Fitness First in Rockdale.
Nazlioglu was accused of being the balaclava-clad gunman, while Jamal Eljaidi was said to be his getaway driver, but was also acquitted.
Police arrested Abdulrahman Atteya, 33, during a vehicle stop on Eighteenth Avenue, Austral, just before dawn on Wednesday
The Crown alleged that Nazlioglu was motivated to kill Hawi after the former close friends got into an argument and the relationship deteriorated during a fishing trip to the Central Coast in the summer of 2016/17.
NSW Police Detective Superintendent Jason Weinstein said more arrests were likely.
‘[Mr Atteya] was one of the persons who kept surveillance in Rhodes area and followed the movements of Mr. Nazlioglu and his betrothed,” he said.
“This is not the end of the investigation, there are other individuals who we suspect were involved in planning this operation.
“We’re not stopping today and we won’t stop.”
Detective Chief Superintendent Weinstein said police had not yet determined a motive for the alleged attack.
“We’re still testing some theories,” he said.
“I don’t want to speculate further because we haven’t posted a definitive reason why the murder happened.”