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Mourners farewell gangster a day after gunman targets wrong funeral venue
Key takeaways
- Dozens of people have gathered to farewell Lorenzo Lemalu at a funeral held at Sydney's Lakemba Mosque.
- Dozens of mourners have turned out to farewell Sydney crime boss Lorenzo Lemalu at a funeral held at Lakemba Mosque, in Sydney's western suburbs.
- The procession was held just 24 hours after police responded to reports of a gunman firing shots into another venue that was advertised as the location of Lemalu’s funeral.
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Dozens of people have gathered to farewell Lorenzo Lemalu at a funeral held at Sydney's Lakemba Mosque. (ABC News)
Dozens of mourners have turned out to farewell Sydney crime boss Lorenzo Lemalu at a funeral held at Lakemba Mosque, in Sydney's western suburbs.
The procession was held just 24 hours after police responded to reports of a gunman firing shots into another venue that was advertised as the location of Lemalu’s funeral.
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