Heartbroken father of shot girl speaks out
The heartbroken father of one of the women who was showered with gunshots while sitting in a car has spoken out about his “beloved angel”.
Lametta Fadlallah, 48, and Amy Al-Hazzouri, 39, were gunned down as they sat in a car on Hendy Avenue, Panania in Sydney’s inner south-west about 10 pm on Saturday.
It is believed that Ms Fadlallah had some information about underground figures and was targetted to be kept quiet.
Unfortunately, Ms Al-Hazzouri was in the wrong place at the wrong time and succumbed to her wounds, dying a short time later.
Her grieving father, Khaled, broke down as he described her as an “angel, friendly and beautiful”.
"Beautiful, beautiful," he told Nine News.
"Anyone who used to be upset, depressed, anything would go to Amy and she would give them the support, the power and energy.
"They would go to Amy, Amy was everything to them, that's the kind of person she was."
Mr Al-Hazzouri said that he wished that it was him that died instead of his daughter.
Her sister, Manal Raunegger, launched a GoFundMe in hopes of raising enough money to help transport Amy to Lebanon to be laid to rest.
“Amy, you left us too soon my darling. May Allah have mercy on you, the heart of your sister. I can’t believe it, you’re done, you won’t tell me again,” her post read.
“Amy Hazouri was my beautiful sister, who was an innocent party who was murdered in southwest Sydney on Saturday 13th August 2022.
“Amy was the sole provider for our family in Lebanon that is currently struggling with the economic crisis in Lebanon. We require urgent funds to carry out funeral services and transfer her body to Lebanon to lay at rest.
“Our mother is not well and cannot travel to Australia to see her daughter. We are asking family, friends and the community to donate what they can and share this page around as we require urgent funds during this time as we cannot afford this service.
“Every dollar and support is appreciated. May her soul rest in peace.”
Police are investigating the shooting which they have described as an “assassination”.
Four torched cars were found nearby in Presland Ave in Revesby, Devlin Drive in Wattle Grove and Elizabeth Crescent in Yagoona, with police hoping to find any links relating to the shooting.
NSW Police Force Detective Superintendent Danny Doherty described the shooting as a "organised, methodical murder".
"This is an appalling attack on two women who have lost their lives in a planned murder, an assassination really, that's happened in a public street in Sydney," he said.
"It's not acceptable by any standards. It's unprecedented, really and we're determined to get the answers for the family.”
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