Parramatta shooting: crime figure Tarek Ayoub, known as the ‘angel of death’, gunned down outside apartment building

Twenty-nine-year-old shot in execution-style murder' in Harold Street in western Sydney early on Monday

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A well-known organised crime figure - known as the angel of death" - was gunned down in an execution-style murder" in Sydney, triggering fears among police the incident could escalate gangland tensions.

In what police believe is the first organised crime-related murder in the city in six months, Tarek Ayoub, 29, who police said is connected to several organised crime networks, was shot dead outside an apartment building on Harold Street in Parramatta in a hail of bullets" about 3.30am on Monday.

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