‘Out of control’: Sydney police battle escalating gang war with five people shot in five days

Commissioner Karen Webb says targeted hits are ‘sad indictment’ on city as investigators work to bring situation under control

Sydney detectives are struggling to contain the city’s escalating gang war and are facing a “wall of silence” despite two people dying in separate shootings over the past five days.

Taskforce Magnus has been established to probe the crimes, with five people being shot as part of targeted and possibly linked hits across the city over the past five days.