Gangland TV drama filming interrupted by real gangland funeral
Lucy Manly
By Lucy Manly
May 22, 2022 — 12.00am

Against the backdrop of 13 gangland killings in Sydney’s west and south-west over the past 18 months, filming has begun on the 10-part drama inspired by famed underworld figure John Ibrahim’s autobiography Last King of the Cross.

The 10-part drama will explore Ibrahim’s rise from a poverty-stricken immigrant with no education, money, or prospects, to Australia’s most infamous nightclub mogul.

Actor Lincoln Younes – who plays the formidable nightclub owner – was pictured filming scenes for the new series in western Sydney alongside actor Callan Mulvey.

However, Emerald City is told that filming taking place at Western Sydney University on Tuesday was interrupted by a police helicopter hovering over nearby Rookwood cemetery where slain gangster Rami Iskander was laid to rest.

Iskander, 23, was shot dead outside his Belmore home last Saturday while his family was inside, just 17 days after his uncle Mahmoud ‘Brownie’ Ahmad was killed in Greenacre in a similar attack.

The previous week saw Tarek Zahed, 41, and his brother Omar Zahed, 39, struck down by a hail of bullets after leaving the Bodyfit gym in Auburn. Omar died at the scene after going into cardiac arrest, while Tarek miraculously survived despite sustaining 10 gunshot wounds and may face amputation to his arm and leg.

Days ahead of the attack, Emerald City is told the pair were spied getting a lap dance at a Kings Cross nightclub.