VIC:Second man arrested over double shooting

AAP General News (Australia)
08-25-2011
VIC:Second man arrested over double shooting

MELBOURNE, Aug 25 AAP - Police have arrested a second man over a daylight double shooting
at a Melbourne smash repair shop.

Omar Taha, 34, and Ahmad Mohamad, 23, died after being shot in a panel shop in Florence
Street, Brunswick, just after 2.30pm (AEST) on August 18.

Police on Thursday said detectives had a second man in custody over the shooting.

The 20-year-old Coburg man is currently being interviewed, a police statement said.

A court had earlier heard that police had yet to identify the second person allegedly
involved in the incident.

Ali Kassab, 25, of Jacana, who was shot in the foot, hobbled into the Melbourne Magistrates
Court for a filing hearing on Thursday, charged with two counts of murder.

He was charged on Wednesday night after being discharged from hospital where he was
being treated for the gunshot wound.

Magistrate Luisa Bazzani remanded Kassab in custody to next face court on December
15 for a committal mention.

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