Merrylands
The moment that shook a vibrant Sydney suburb to its core
The stabbing spree has shaken Merrylands and reduced the retail artery where it happened, usually a humming hub of activity, to a quiet murmur.
- Mostafa Rachwani
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Police charge 25-year-old and 15-year-old with attempted murder of former NRL star
The new arrests add to those on Thursday and follow a spate of violent incidents allegedly targeting former Bulldogs star Matt Utai’s son, who police say is embroiled in an escalating gangland conflict.
- Riley Walter, Amber Schultz and Cindy Yin
The NRL star, a wayward son and a gangland war with Sydney’s most notorious crime family
A new threat to the Alameddines’ supremacy – the self-proclaimed Coconut Cartel – has emerged amid an escalating conflict over control of a lucrative drug trade.
- Riley Walter and Perry Duffin
The Sydney hospitals where nurses are expected to be prison guards
Alleged killings are predictable when hospitals are treated as prisons, a senior psychiatrist says, as the use of Section 19b orders has become a lightning rod.
- Kate Aubusson
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Shocking CCTV footage captures moments before Sydney stabbing rampage
One person was killed and two others injured in the attack. The alleged stabber had absconded from care for “complex mental health needs”.
- Amber Schultz, Jack Gramenz and Daniel Lo Surdo
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Self Raised bakery expands again with new Merrylands store.
- Lee Tran Lam
‘Ready 2 chalk out every Alameddine’: Cartel threatens to wipe out notorious crime family
A new front has opened in Sydney’s gangland war with a breakaway group threatening to eliminate the dominant family.
- Perry Duffin
Man, 44, shot dead in western Sydney
A man is dead after being shot in the chest inside his western Sydney unit in what police are calling a targeted attack.
- Christopher Harris
It’s the Sydney suburb known for shootings and gangs. Now it’s finding a new identity
While Merrylands forges ahead with a vision of a “Dubai-like” future, an expert said it was ripe to become the latest area to be gentrified.
- Kayla Olaya
