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Eyewitnesses Describe Execution-Style Shooting at Hamze Murder Trial

Emotional eyewitness accounts have detailed a 2021 street execution-style ambush with cross-examination set to begin.

Overview

  • The dining companion, testifying via video link, described fleeing to a Kid Kyoto alcove after the first two shots and then rushing to help Hamze as eight more rounds struck from a circling Audi.
  • A taxi driver’s testimony recounted diving for cover when flashes and loud bangs erupted from the front passenger window of the black Audi during the execution-style attack.
  • Prosecutors allege 35-year-old Samuel John Rokomaqisa was the passenger in the stolen Audi that fired ten shots at Hamze and conspired to kill his brother Ibrahem.
  • Rokomaqisa has pleaded not guilty to murder and conspiracy charges while denying any connections to the Alameddine crime family.
  • The NSW Supreme Court will resume cross-examination and examine further forensic and CCTV evidence in the coming days.