Overview
- A 17-year-old and a 16-year-old were arrested after early-morning search warrants in South Penrith, Mount Druitt and Woodcroft and charged with Luke Manassa’s murder
- Both juveniles were refused bail and are due to appear in a children’s court on Friday
- Strike Force Hickety detectives led the operation and say the seized vehicle is believed to have been used to flee the scene
- Police allege Manassa was ambushed by two masked assailants outside his Pemulwuy home on June 26 and died after driving a short distance
- Manassa, 21, worked at his family’s Mann Group excavation firm and was known as an aspiring entrepreneur