Assassination attempt on Sydney MMA fighter

A Sydney MMA fighter known as the 'Smiling Assassin' has become the victim of an assassination attempt at Yennora. Two getaway cars were later found torched nearby.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
Good evening. A Sydney MMA fighter known as the Smiling
Assassin has become the victim of an assassination attempt.

Speaker 2 (00:11):
He was ambushed and shot while sitting in his truck
in our southwest to get away cars were later found
torched nearby.

Speaker 3 (00:20):
They opened fire, but four shots only injured their target
as he ran down the street to hide.

Speaker 4 (00:29):
My husband opened up the door and there was blood
everywhere on the floor and all over.

Speaker 3 (00:34):
The door while the gunman tried to cover their trucks torching.
This sit down in South Grandville.

Speaker 4 (00:44):
It was just like a really really like loud like
boom sound and it was pretty frightening.

Speaker 3 (00:52):
And an suv in chester Hill. Their target was Haydar
Kudaer's my brother. My brother ambushed while sitting in a
concrete truck in Yonora around eleven thirty last night.

Speaker 4 (01:04):
We heard like some things.

Speaker 1 (01:06):
We thought it was fous, but it was like horrific.

Speaker 4 (01:08):
Once we heard the police, we knew that it was
gunshots for sure.

Speaker 3 (01:12):
The twenty nine year old is an aspiring MMA fighter.
Give it up for had the Smiling Assassor representing a
gym with its own violent history. Owner Sue men mock
Terian survived a gang land hit there last year, and
just last month police canceled a fight fearing he would

(01:34):
be shot at again. Police are investigating whether the attempted
hit on sue Man mock Terian is linked to last
night's shooting. The victims both fighters from the same gym,
which just yesterday announced its closed its doors for renovations.
Kudair was taken to Liverpool Hospital with wounds to his
hands and abdomen. He's not cooperating with police now. This

(02:00):
is not the first time Hayda Kude has been targeted.
Seven News can reveal there was an attempted hits on
him two weeks ago at a home and Onora, but
he wasn't there at the time. Police are desperately searching
for the government to try and determine exactly who is
trying to kill him and why