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‘This Is Not a Game’: Boys, 15, Allegedly Opened Fire on Sydney Homes in Gang War
- Two 15-year-old boys allegedly opened fire on homes in Merrylands and Guildford West, Sydney, in shootings occurring in March and April 2025.
- Authorities linked the incidents to gang recruitment via encrypted apps, with the youths hired for financial gain despite not knowing their targets personally.
- In the March 22 incident, at least 28 rounds from a semi-automatic rifle were fired into a Merrylands home where a woman and her four children were sleeping, narrowly missing a five-year-old boy by 20 centimetres.
- Detective Superintendent Jason Box cautioned, "This is not a game, this is real," warning young offenders they risk arrest, court, jail, retaliation by rival gangs, and harm to themselves and families.
- Both teenagers were arrested, charged with firearm and related offences, refused bail, and were set to appear in a children's court, highlighting ongoing police efforts to disrupt organised crime violence.
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‘This is not a game’: Boys, 15, allegedly opened fire on Sydney homes in gang war
The teenagers, allegedly recruited by the city’s warring crime gangs, narrowly missed shooting residents including children in two botched attacks.
·Sydney, Australia
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