Gun gangs terrorise Sydney

January 22, 2008, Daily Telegraph:

SYDNEY suffered a wild night of shooting, threats and armed hold-ups last night as the gun crime epidemic erupted in a spate of attacks across the city.

First, four men armed with guns and steel bars robbed a club in the city’s north, then a shot was fired and patrons threatened in a separate hold-up in the city’s south-west.

Hours later, four men armed with handguns robbed a security van stocking an ATM at a service station in Granville.

The spree comes after The Daily Telegraph Online revealed late last year up to 10 guns per week are falling into the hands of criminals. Several more met the same fate during last night’s attacks ...