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and lost Sam Abdulrahim was shot dead on Tuesday He had previously been with a man moments before his murder READ: Terrifying never-before-seen video shows convicted underworld killer chasing down his victim in broad daylight as his appeal bid fails By WAYNE FLOWER, MELBOURNE CORRESPONDENT Published: 05:26, 29 January 2025 | Updated: 05:29, 29 January 2025 e-mail View comments It was a 'chance' meeting with a supposed mate that Sam Abdulrahim could never explain away. As detectives hunt the assassins behind Abdulrahim's daylight execution in Melbourne on Tuesday, many in the underworld think they know exactly why he got clipped in the deadly ambush. It harks back to his warm embrace of Kadir Ors, moments before he was gunned down by the once all-powerful Melbourne crime boss George Marrogi.
Many feel Abdulrahim set up Ors for the hit - and that he played the wrong card when he chose to side with Marrogi. In the years since Ors was gunned down in 2016, Marrogi has been jailed and had his criminal empire torn to shreds by determined Victorian police work. Ors was by no means an upstanding member of the public.
What made him different was his relationship to men who would go onto become the real criminal overlords of today. The brother of exiled crime boss Kaz Hamad was with Ors when Abdulrahim greeted him - and later chased Marrogi moments af.
