Overview
- Alleged crime patriarch Fadi Haddara was ambushed and shot in his driveway and taken to Royal Melbourne Hospital in critical condition after being found in a pool of blood on Sunday.
- Victoria Police have treated the attack as a targeted hit and established a crime scene while Armed Crime Squad detectives and specialised taskforces assist the probe.
- Investigators released CCTV showing a white Holden Commodore repeatedly driving past Haddara’s Marigold Avenue home between 4.48pm and 5.45pm on Sunday and are seeking anyone who can identify the vehicle or provide dashcam footage.
- Police say the hit team surveilled the house for about an hour before the shooting and have not yet identified suspects or a weapon, leaving motives under active consideration.
- The ambush sits inside a years‑long, often violent struggle over Victoria’s illicit tobacco trade between the Haddara family and the syndicate linked to jailed kingpin Kazem Hamad, a conflict that police and underworld sources say could now escalate and affect Haddara’s family and nearby communities.