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Daily Mail
7 hours ago
- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE The key item found at a luxury Bali villa that sparked the arrest of three Aussies now facing the death penalty over suspected gangland hit
Bali detectives have revealed it was a fluorescent orange sledgehammer that led them to arrest three Australians accused of a gangland hit on two Melbourne men. Zivan 'Stipe' Radmanovic, 35, and Sanar Ghanim, 34, were shot just after midnight on Saturday at a villa in Munggu, in Badung Regency in Bali's south, in an attack believed to be linked to Melbourne's feuding Middle Eastern crime syndicates. Midolmore Pasa Tupou, 37, Darcy Jenson, 27, and Mevlut Coskun, 23, were arrested and brought back to Bali on Wednesday after an intense five-day police manhunt. Jenson was arrested at Jakarta Airport as he tried to get through an e-passport reader to board a flight to Singapore and then on to Cambodia. Tupou and Coskun managed to make it to Cambodia but were identified by Interpol who arrested them in Phnom Penh and flew them back to Indonesia. Authorities said the sledgehammer, believed to have been supplied by Coskun, was used to smash down the door of the villa moments before the alleged attack. Badung Police Chief Arif Batubara said the discarded hammer was discovered by officers at the entrance of the villa and quickly became a key piece of evidence. 'Starting from there, we launched an investigation into the barcode on the hammer's purchase,' he told reporters during a press conference on Saturday. 'We checked the barcode both on-site and at the store where it was bought. From there, we investigated the shop and its address. 'That's where it started, allowing us to trace the origin of the hammer.' It comes after Bali Police revealed on Wednesday how the gang allegedly fled across Indonesia after the shooting, escaping the scene on motorbikes before switching cars twice on an 18-hour, 1200km getaway to Jakarta. Detectives revealed the suspects were first traced through Tupou's distinctive tattoos which were first picked up on CCTV as he bought cigarettes near the villa where the attack unfolded. Tupou has a combination of traditional Tongan artwork inked onto his skin and the 676-international telephone dialling code for Tonga in huge numbers down his shin. The tattoos were clearly visible in pictures of Tupou as he was being pushed in a wheelchair through Jakarta Airport after he was deported back to Indonesia. Detectives are now working with forensic experts as they pore over evidence from the crime scene, including blood samples, the sledgehammer, bullet casings and projectiles, and face coverings. The crime squad is also looking at more CCTV footage, a vehicle and travel history, said a police spokesman. The three can be held without charge for months while police investigate the killing. Once they present their dossier of evidence, the three will be handed over to a prosecutor who will then send them to Bali's notorious Kerobokan Prison. They will then face a court hearing to be formally charged, and kept at Kerobokan throughout their trial until a verdict and possible sentence. They are being investigated for premeditated murder which under Indonesian law can carry the death sentence. Radmanovic, who had 175 court appearances to his name, died in front of his wife in the villa toilet, while Ghanim was rushed to Kuta's BIMC Hospital with multiple injuries. He was discharged from hospital on Sunday in a wheelchair, nursing a bandaged leg, and police say he has so far refused to co-operate with local authorities. Ghanim is the former partner of Danielle Stephens, the stepdaughter of notorious Australian drug trafficker Carl Williams, who was murdered in Victoria's Barwon jail in 2010. Radmanovic's wife Jazmyn Gourdeas, 29, was reportedly asleep at the villa when she awoke to the sound of her husband screaming at around 12.15am. From behind a blanket, the mother-of-six said she witnessed the man in the orange jacket and another man open fire on her husband while he was in the bathroom. Shortly afterwards, she heard further gunshots and Ghanim screaming from a separate room after he was gunned down in his bedroom. With her husband already dead, Ms Gourdeas tried to stem Ghanim's bleeding until emergency services arrived. A fourth person in the villa - believed to be a family member - managed to flee the property while gunshots rang out. Police found 17 bullet casings and 55 bullet fragments at the scene. Ghanim and Radmanovic's family are currently being kept on the island 'under close police watch', authorities said. Radmanovic and Ms Gourdeas are understood to have arrived last Thursday to celebrate her 30th birthday in Bali, where Ghanim and his partner had reportedly been living for years. Ghanim's long-standing association with Melbourne's criminal underworld goes deeper than just family ties. In 2014, he was jailed following the shooting of fellow associate Serkan Kala after a dispute at a gym escalated. He and a co-accused pleaded guilty.
Malay Mail
2 days ago
- Malay Mail
Singapore nabs two Aussies wanted in Bali execution-style killing during Changi transit
SINGAPORE, June 19 — Two men allegedly involved in the fatal shooting of an Australian in Bali were briefly held by Singapore authorities before being deported to Indonesia, the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) confirmed to The Straits Times yesterday. The pair, identified by Indonesian police as 22-year-old MC and 27-year-old PMT, had transited through Changi Airport after fleeing to Cambodia in the wake of the deadly June 14 attack. The incident saw 32-year-old Australian Zivan Radmanovic shot dead in a villa in Badung, Bali. A second man, 34-year-old Sanar Ghanim, was critically injured. The attackers, reportedly masked, fled the scene with the help of a third man, DFJ, 27, who was later arrested at Jakarta's Soekarno-Hatta International Airport as he attempted to board a flight to Cambodia via Singapore. The other two suspects initially managed to enter Cambodia on Monday, again via Singapore, but were denied entry and placed on a return flight to Indonesia, which transited through Singapore. An ICA spokesperson said the two men were taken into custody when they arrived at Changi Airport and were deported the next day, on June 17. 'This is in line with ICA's existing practice and international civil aviation procedures,' said the spokesman. Australian broadcaster 7News reported on Tuesday that all three suspects are Australian nationals. During a Bali police press conference, investigators displayed jackets, masks and a sledgehammer allegedly used in the attack, as well as vehicles said to have aided the suspects' escape. Seventeen bullet casings, two intact bullets and over 50 projectile fragments were recovered from the crime scene, the report added. If found guilty of murder in Indonesia, the suspects could face the death penalty. The pair, identified by Indonesian police as 22-year-old MC and 27-year-old PMT, had transited through Changi Airport after fleeing to Cambodia in the wake of the deadly June 14 attack. The incident saw 32-year-old Australian Zivan Radmanovic shot dead in a villa in Badung, Bali. A second man, 34-year-old Sanar Ghanim, was critically injured. The attackers, reportedly masked, fled the scene with the help of a third man, DFJ, 27, who was later arrested at Jakarta's Soekarno-Hatta International Airport as he attempted to board a flight to Cambodia via Singapore. The other two suspects initially managed to enter Cambodia on Monday, again via Singapore, but were denied entry and placed on a return flight to Indonesia, which transited through Singapore. An ICA spokesman reportedly said the two men were taken into custody when they arrived at Changi Airport and were deported the next day, on June 17. 'This is in line with ICA's existing practice and international civil aviation procedures,' said the spokesman. Australian broadcaster 7News reported on Tuesday that all three suspects are Australian nationals. During a Bali police press conference, investigators displayed jackets, masks and a sledgehammer allegedly used in the attack, as well as vehicles said to have aided the suspects' escape. Seventeen bullet casings, two intact bullets and over 50 projectile fragments were recovered from the crime scene, the report added. If found guilty of murder in Indonesia, the suspects could face the death penalty.
Daily Mail
2 days ago
- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE The tell-tale clue that led cops to the three Aussies now facing the death penalty for the suspected gangland hit at a luxury Bali villa
Bali detectives have revealed they tracked down the three Australians accused of a gangland hit on two Melbourne men through the tattoos on one of those arrested. Zivan 'Stipe' Radmanovic, 35, and Sanar Ghanim, 34, were shot just after midnight on Saturday at a villa in Munggu, in Badung Regency in Bali's south, in an attack believed to be linked to Melbourne's feuding Middle Eastern crime syndicates. Midolmore Pasa Tupou, 37, Darcy Jenson, 27, and Mevlut Coskun, 23, were arrested and brought back to Bali on Wednesday after an intense five-day police manhunt. Jenson was arrested at Jakarta Airport as he tried to get through an e-passport reader to board a flight to Singapore and then on to Cambodia. Tupou and Coskun managed to make it out of the country to Cambodia but were identified by Interpol who swooped to arrest them in Phnom Penh and returned them to Indonesia. Bali Police revealed on Wednesday how the gang allegedly fled across Indonesia after the shooting, escaping the scene on motorbikes before switching cars twice on an 18-hour, 1200km getaway to Jakarta. Now detectives have revealed they were first traced through Tupou's distinctive tattoos which were first picked up on CCTV as he bought cigarettes near the villa where the attack unfolded. Tupou has a combination of traditional Tongan artwork inked onto his skin as well as the 676-international telephone dialling code for Tonga tattooed in huge numbers down his shin. The tattoos were clearly visible in pictures of Tupou as he was being pushed in a wheelchair through Jakarta Airport after he was deported back to Indonesia. 'Luckily Tupou had time to buy cigarettes not far from the crime scene a few moments before the shooting,' one detective told local Bali media. He was later spotted on CCTV at another shop buying groceries in Jembrana in the holiday island's west, close to a short sea crossing to the Javanese mainland. The alleged hit squad swapped their motorbikes for a Toyota Fortuner in Tabanan, 30km from the villa where the attack unfolded. Tupou was spotted on CCTV getting out of the car in Jembrana before police allege they then crossed the sea to Java and switched to a Suzuki XL-7 SUV. There police said they lost track of them as they made the long-distance trek to Jakarta Airport and allegedly tried to flee the country. But the delay in reaching the airport allowed Indonesian authorities to identify them from the CCTV footage and put out the Interpol alert, stopping Jenson as he tried to leave and identifying Tupou and Coskun in Singapore. On Thursday, Bali police revealed more details about how they allege the hit squad struck at the luxury villa. They claim Coskun supplied the hardware required, including a fluorescent orange sledgehammer which was used to smash down the villa's door. He is also accused of lining up the transport for the alleged gunmen and allegedly stole the Suzuki used in the getaway, assisted by the other pair. The three were all arrested as soon as they touched down back at Bali's Denpasar Airport. Detectives are now working with forensic experts as they pore over evidence from the crime scene, including blood samples, the sledgehammer, bullet casings and projectiles, and face coverings. The crime squad is also looking at more CCTV footage, a vehicle and travel history, said a police spokesman. The three can be held without charge for months while police investigate the killing. Once they present their dossier of evidence, the three will be handed over to a prosecutor who will then send them to Bali's notorious Kerobokan Prison. They will then face a court hearing to be formally charged, and kept at Kerobokan throughout their trial until a verdict and possible sentence. They are being investigated for premeditated murder which under Indonesian law can carry the death sentence. Radmanovic, who had 175 court appearances to his name, died in front of his wife in the villa toilet, while Ghanim was rushed to Kuta's BIMC Hospital with multiple injuries. He was discharged from hospital on Sunday in a wheelchair, nursing a bandaged leg, and police say he has so far refused to co-operate with local authorities. Ghanim is the former partner of Danielle Stephens, daughter of notorious Australian drug trafficker Carl Williams, who was murdered in Victoria's Barwon jail in 2010. Radmanovic's wife Jazmyn Gourdeas, 29, was reportedly asleep at the villa when she awoke to the sound of her husband screaming at around 12.15am. From behind a blanket, the mother-of-six said she witnessed the man in the orange jacket and another man open fire on her husband while he was in the bathroom. Shortly afterwards, she heard further gunshots and Ghanim screaming from a separate room after he was gunned down in his bedroom. With her husband already dead, Ms Gourdeas tried to stem Ghanim's bleeding until emergency services arrived. A fourth person in the villa - believed to be a family member - managed to flee the property while gunshots rang out. Police found 17 bullet casings and 55 bullet fragments at the scene. Ghanim and Radmanovic's family are currently being kept on the island 'under close police watch', authorities said. Radmanovic and Ms Gourdeas are understood to have arrived last Thursday to celebrate her 30th birthday in Bali, where Ghanim and his partner had reportedly been living for years. Ghanim's long-standing association with Melbourne's criminal underworld goes deeper than just family ties. In 2014, he was jailed following the shooting of fellow associate Serkan Kala after a dispute at a gym escalated. He and a co-accused pleaded guilty.
Daily Mail
2 days ago
- Daily Mail
Bloodbath in Bali: Australian is shot dead in front of his terrified wife and his friend is left fighting for life in 'gangland hit' at their villa - as three suspects faced death penalty
An Australian man has been shot dead and another seriously injured in a suspected gangland-style attack at a villa in Bali, with three suspects now facing the death penalty. Zivan 'Stipe' Radmanovic, 35, and Sanar Ghanim, 34, were shot just after midnight on Saturday at a villa in Munggu - in Badung Regency in Bali's south - in an attack believed to be linked to Melbourne 's feuding Middle Eastern crime syndicates. Mr Radmanovic died in front of his wife at the scene, while Mr Ghanim was rushed to BIMC Hospital with multiple injuries. He was discharged from hospital on Sunday, using a wheelchair and nursing a bandaged leg, and has refused to co-operate with local authorities. Mr Ghanim is also the former partner of Danielle Stephens, daughter of notorious Australian drug trafficker Carl Williams, with the connection sparking speculation that the shooting was a targeted hit. Indonesian police have since arrested three Australians after a days-long manhunt, the Bali Police Chief, Inspector General Daniel Adityajaya, said. The trio could face the death penalty if they are charged, the maximum sentence for premeditated murder. One of the suspected gunmen, Darcy Francesco Jenson, 27, was arrested in Jakarta, about 18 hours' drive west from the scene of the shooting. Another alleged gunman, Mevlut Coskun, 23, was arrested in Singapore. Coskun was serving a two-year conditional release order after being found guilty of drug supply in Australia in 2023. A third man who allegedly helped to plan the attack, Midolmore Tupou, 37, was arrested in Melbourne. Mr Adityajaya added that the suspects had changed vehicles multiple times in a desperate bid to flee Indonesia. Footage from Bali Airport on Tuesday night showed one of the suspects walking in handcuffs with two police officers holding him by the arms. He wore a black T-shirt and shorts, and covered his face with a jumper. Police had earlier confirmed two people have been arrested, one in Jakarta and one overseas, over the alleged shooting, with both set to be extradited to Bali. Mr Radmanovic's wife, 30-year-old Gourdeas Jazmyn, was reportedly asleep at the villa when she awoke to the sound of her husband screaming at around 12.15am. From behind a blanket, the mother-of-six said she witnessed the man in the orange jacket and another man open fire on her husband while he was in the bathroom. Shortly afterwards, she heard further gunshots and Mr Ghanim screaming from a separate room - he was reportedly shot seven times. With her husband already dead, Mr Radmanovic's wife tried to stem Mr Ghanim's bleeding until emergency services arrived. A fourth person in the villa - believed to be a family member - managed to flee the property while gunshots rang out. Police found 17 bullet casings and 55 bullet fragments at the scene. Mr Ghanim and Mr Radmonovic's family are currently being kept on the island 'under close police watch', authorities said. Mr Radmanovic and Ms Jazmyn are understood to have arrived last Thursday to celebrate her 30th birthday in Bali - where Mr Ghanim and his partner had been living for some time. But it was the father of his previous partner who was a Melbourne-based underworld figure who played a central role in the bloody gangland wars of the late 1990s and early 2000s. Initially a low-level dealer, Williams rose to power by manufacturing and distributing huge quantities of amphetamines and later became embroiled in a violent power struggle with rival crime families and former allies. Convicted in 2007 of ordering multiple killings, Williams was serving a life sentence when he was bludgeoned to death in prison in 2010 by a fellow inmate. His life and the wider gangland conflict were later dramatised in the hit Australian TV series Underbelly. Mr Ghanim's long-standing association with Melbourne's criminal underworld goes deeper than just family ties. In 2014, he was jailed following the shooting of fellow associate Serkan Kala after a dispute at a gym escalated. He and a co-accused pleaded guilty. Meanwhile, Ms Stephens, who was also present during the confrontation, was charged but later cleared of any wrongdoing. Speaking on Wednesday, Mr Adityajaya confirmed: 'One suspect was arrested at Soekarno-Hatta Airport while attempting to leave Indonesia. The other two had already left the country but were successfully brought back to Indonesia thanks to cooperation with Interpol.' He said the suspects had changed vehicles multiple times in a desperate bid to flee Indonesia. 'First, they used a motorbike, then switched to a white Toyota Fortuner, which was later found in the Tabanan area,' he said. 'After that, they changed vehicles again, this time to an XL7, and traveled to Surabaya. 'They then attempted to leave the country via [Jakarta's] Soekarno-Hatta Airport. 'However, with the joint efforts of Metro Jaya Police and the National Police Crime Unit, we were able to prevent [one of them] from leaving Indonesia.' Mr Adityajaya said they now faced the death penalty if they are charged over the attack. 'They may be charged under Article 340 of the Criminal Code for premeditated murder, which carries a maximum sentence of the death penalty,' he said. Badung Police Chief Arif Batubara confirmed the shooting on Saturday, telling reporters: 'Yes, it's true that a shooting incident happened. 'There are two victims, Australian nationals. The victims are Zivan Radmanovic and Sanar Ghanim.' Eyewitnesses at the time reported seeing two men fleeing the scene on motorbikes, both with strong Australian accents, according to the Bali Tribune. Mr Radmanovic and Ms Jazmyn are understood to have arrived last Thursday to celebrate her 30th birthday in Bali - where Mr Ghanim and his partner had been living for some time One was said to be wearing a bright orange jacket and a black helmet, while the other wore a green jacket, dark helmet and face covering. Police have appealed for witnesses or anyone with information to come forward. Photos from the scene show the villa cordoned off, with a trail of blood leading to the doorway. Forensic officers were at the property on Saturday collecting evidence. Mr Radmanovic's body has been taken to Prof. Ngoerah Hospital in Bali, where the Radmanovic family have now signed the paperwork for an autopsy to be carried out, after earlier delaying the process. An examination of Radmanovic by a forensic doctor indicated he had been shot several times and also beaten.
MTV Lebanon
3 days ago
- MTV Lebanon
Suspects in Bali Murder All Australian, Face Death Penalty
Three Australians were arrested in Indonesia over the murder of a male compatriot on the resort island of Bali and face the death penalty, police said Wednesday, after a days-long manhunt. Authorities had been searching for several suspects over the shooting of Zivan Radmanovic, a 32-year-old Australian national, on Saturday. He was killed when two people burst into his villa in the tourist hub of Badung and at least one opened fire. A second man, 34-year-old Sanar Ghanim, was seriously wounded in the attack. "Three suspects have been arrested along with several pieces of evidence allegedly used to carry out the shooting," Bali police chief Daniel Adityajaya told reporters. He said the three suspects -- all Australian men -- were charged with multiple offences, including premeditated murder, which carries a maximum penalty of death, as well as murder and torture resulting in death. Murder carries the maximum penalty of 15 years in prison, while torture resulting in death carries a potential seven-year jail term. One of the suspects was detained while he was about to leave the international airport in the Indonesian capital Jakarta and flown back to Bali, in cooperation with immigration and national police officials, he said. "The other two already fled and were successfully returned because of the coordination between interpol countries in the Southeast Asia region," he added, without specifying the countries involved. He did not disclose the alleged role of the third suspect, despite the search initially focusing on two suspects. Bali police also showed on Wednesday several pieces of evidence to the media including a hammer, several pieces of clothing, and bullet casings. Witnesses, including Radmanovic's wife, said the perpetrators who fled the scene after the attack were speaking in English with a thick Australian accent, according to a local police statement. The Australian embassy in Jakarta directed questions to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, which did not immediately respond to an AFP comment request. Gun crime on the island of Bali and wider Indonesia is rare, and the archipelago nation has strict laws for illegal gun possession.
