‘Innocent soul’: Funeral held for Sydney hairdresser slain in gangland crossfire
August 26, 2022
An innocent Sydney hairdresser caught up in the crossfire of the city’s gangland wars has been farewelled by loved ones and the community.
Amy Al-Hazzouri, 39, was shot dead alongside 48-year-old Lametta Fadlallah when their car was sprayed with bullets in Panania in what police labelled a targetted “assassination”.
Family and friends gathered at Lakemba Mosque in Sydney’s west today for Al-Hazzouri’s funeral before her coffin was taken to Rookwood Cemetery.
There had been attempted to have her laid to rest in Lebanon but she was buried in Sydney.
Al-Hazzouri’s family spokesperson and friend Louisa Sakr said family, friends and the community are “mourning her loss”.
“It’s such a sad day,” she said.
In an interview with 9News her father, Khaled Al-Hazzouri, described his daughter as “beautiful” and an “angel” ready to help anyone.
“Beautiful, beautiful,” the grieving father said.
“Anyone who used to be upset, depressed, anything would go to Amy and she would give them the support, the power and energy.
Fadlallah, mother-of-two, was farewelled at a funeral earlier this week.
She was the former partner of underworld figure Helal Safi and former partner of gangster Shadi Derbas.
After the shooting, NSW Police homicide squad boss Danny Doherty said the killing was “unprecedented” and was an “organised, methodical murder” aimed at killing Fadlallah, and broke an unwritten rule of targeting women and family.
9News
