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Comanchero bikie boss Tarek Zahed will face a Sydney court on a murder charge just months after narrowly surviving an attempt on his own life.
The sergeant-at-arms of the outlaw motorcycle gang was arrested in dramatic scenes on Sunday when tactical police fired bean bag rounds into Zahed’s black BMW on an Edgecliff street.
He has been charged with the murder of 29-year-old Youssef Assoum who was shot in the thigh and stabbed in the head at Bankstown in Sydney’s west eight years ago.
Zahed, 42, was initially refused bail and will appear in Downing Centre Local Court on Monday.
Police will allege his position in the bikie gang also links him to other crimes.
Homicide squad commander Danny Doherty said Zahed was one of several targets of Taskforce Erebus who were tied to serious offences.
The taskforce is also investigating the murder of Zahed’s younger brother, Omar, who was fatally shot at a western Sydney gym in May.
Zahed was critically injured during the ambush at Body Fit gym at Auburn.
Doherty said Sunday’s arrest was high risk, with police shooting bean bag rounds – which are designed to do less damage than normal ammunition – during the encounter.
“Those bean bag rounds had to be used to get into the car and drag him out,” he told reporters on Monday.
“We were concerned that he may be armed. The person involved has allegedly committed a murder … he’s the national sergeant-at-arms of the Comanchero (bikie gang), he’s previously been shot at himself.”
No weapon was found during the arrest.
Zahed was also charged with kidnap in company with intent to commit serious indictable offence (special aggravated kidnap).
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