Monday, August 16, 2010

Stabbing in Adelaide

From Adelaidenow on 17/8/2010 titled Hindley St stabbing caught on film.

A NEW Boys gang member stabbed in Hindley St is refusing to tell police the identity of his attacker, prompting them to release security images of the attack.
Police have revealed his attacker was wearing a "Notorious" top in the Hindley St stabbing on May 22 this year.
Gino Foccarelli, 21, was stabbed twice in the stomach within 10m of police standing outside his father's Ink Central tattoo parlour.
His father, Vince Foccarelli, is suspected of being the leader of a street gang known as the New Boys.
He was the target of a bungled bombing ordered by the Hells Angels at Enfield.
The bombing has been followed by a series of drive-by shootings targeting properties linked to Hells Angels.

Hells Angels and New Boys members brawled wildly in Hindley St following the funeral of a Hells Angel killed in the Enfield bomb blast.

Crime Gangs Taskforce head Detective Superintendent Des Bray said a black 1990 Nissan Skyline double-parked out the front of the tattoo parlour at 4.13am.
Someone inside the Nissan gestured to Gino Focarelli to approach the car, which he did, .
"He apparently knew the offenders because, as the victim stood alongside the car, the passenger lunged at the victim and stabbed him twice in the stomach while still seated in the car.
"The victim staggered back inside the tattoo parlour, but what is of particular concern is the stabbing occurred within about 6m of a uniformed police officer standing nearby.
"It may well be that these people were his enemies, but had not disclosed that to him at this stage and lulled him into a false sense of security before stabbing him."
Det-Supt Bray said there were a number of people in the area who were not aware of the stabbing at the time.

"Because there was no noise associated with the stabbing, no argument, no screech of tyres.
"We are encouraging those witnesses to come forward and anybody who witnessed or has knowledge of the event to come forward."
Gino Foccarelli was taken to hospital in an extremely serious condition but has since been released.
A witness to the stabbing said one of the offenders was wearing a top with the word "Notorious" emblazoned across the chest.
Det-Supt Bray said that did not suggest the offenders were part of the Sydney-based Notorious street gang because that type of clothing can be purchased. with that motif on it.
The Notorious street gang consists mainly of Middle Eastern-background youths and is heavily involved in drug trafficking, extortion, violent street crime and armed robberies.
They have an offshoot gang called the Muslim Brotherhood Movement.
Both groups feed members into the Comanchero bikie gang.
"It is clear this was a premeditated attack designed to kill the victim," said Det Supt Bray.
"We believe there were several males and at least one female involved in planning or carrying out the attack or assisting the offenders subsequent to the attack. We know the identity of some of those involved."
"Violence of this sort in the community is totally unacceptable and is a concern of everybody.... do not let these offenders get away with it."
Gino Foccarelli has refused to cooperate with police, even though he knows the identity of his attacker.
The New Boys and the Hells Angels are locked in a gang war but Det-Supt Bray said the the people in the car were not Hells Angels.
"We are uncertain of a motive for the stabbing at this stage," he said.
"Unfortunately gangs get involved in conflicts with lots of other people who are involved in violence and drug trafficking, there is lots of inter-gang rivalry."
Police wanted to ensure those involved in the incident that they knew some of their identities and it was likely there would be arrests in the near future.

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