A new police strike force has been formed to target outlaw motorcycle gangs in the wake of a fatal brawl at Sydney Airport yesterday.More than 75 police officers will form Strike Force Raptor in a bid to tackle the violent escalation of feuding between rival motorcycle groups.
Were you there? Call us on (02) 4221 2207, text us on 0409 011 060 or email us.A Hells Angels bikie was killed in a huge brawl with rival club the Comanchero, in a brazen attack witnessed by dozens of travellers at Sydney Airport about 1.30pm yesterday.The 29-year-old was knocked to the ground and bashed repeatedly in the head with a metal bollard, while terrified onlookers ducked for cover."I couldn't believe it," one witness told the Sydney Morning Herald."I stood there stunned, turned around and there was this little girl of about five clinging to her mother's hand, and her face was just white. She had seen it all, the guys swinging these heavy bollards at each other and then this massive pool of blood and a guy being worked on furiously by some onlookers."NSW Premier Nathan Rees announced the new strike force after a briefing from NSW Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione.Mr Scipione said the groups were behaving like wild animals."If they behave like this then we have no choice but to hunt them down and deal with them. The community expects this of us," Mr Scipione said. "In the past six months, police have charged 185 outlaw motorcycle gang members and associates with 572 offences and yet they still don't get the message. He said the majority of those offences involved violence, drugs and weapons.Four men have been charged with affray in connection with the airport brawl and are due to appear in court today.Police said the fight broke out about 1.35pm on Sunday after a group of men disembarked from a flight.The dead man has been named by some media outlets as the brother of a Hells Angels gang member.The attack came hours after the Sydney-based Bandidos had been involved in a series of drive-by shootings at six homes in Auburn, though that is believed to be linked to a feud with another club, Notorious.
