Underworld figure Sam ‘The Punisher’ Abdulrahim shot dead in Preston
Underworld figure Sam “The Punisher” Abdulrahim has been shot dead in Preston this morning.
Sources have confirmed to The Age the gangland figure was fatally shot outside a hotel on High Street at around 10am, with Tom Elliott announcing the breaking news on his 3AW Mornings program.
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“There was a story about him yesterday saying that people were after him, seems like today they got him,” the 3AW Mornings host said.
Homicide squad detectives have set up a large crime scene and exclusion zone, which includes the Quest Hotel, and a black Mercedes with the drivers side window down has been left at the scene.
Nine News reporter Amber Johnston told 3AW Afternoons it was an “incredibly tense” scene around where the incident occurred.
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