A former Mongols bikie has survived a shooting in suburban Melbourne, two years after an assassination attempt outside a cemetery. Shots were fired at Suleiman “Sam” Abdulrahim, a professional boxer who goes by the name “The Punisher”, as he left his Thomastown home early on Friday morning. Victoria Police confirmed a number of shots were fired in the direction of a 32-year-old man as he left a Larch St property. Police said he was not wounded. No arrests have been made.
He suffered four bullet wounds to his chest but managed to drive to a nearby police station to seek help. Two suspects fled the country within 48 hours of the attack. Abdulrahim was due to fight at the Furlan Club at Thornbury in Melbourne’s north on February 24, before the venue was set alight. He was jailed for more than three years in 2018 after killing a grandmother in a crash.