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William Ton and Kaitlyn Offer

Revenge fears as ambush takes down underworld identity

A gangland figure has been shot dead in Melbourne's north where police have cordoned off the area. (Diego Fedele/AAP PHOTOS)

Police are on high alert for retaliation attacks after gangland figure Sam "The Punisher" Abdulrahim was executed in a daylight ambush.

The 32-year-old Thomastown man was gunned down as he walked to his car with a woman in a car park on High Street at Preston in Melbourne's north about 10.30am on Tuesday, Homicide Squad Detective Inspector Dean Thomas said.

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