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Updated Saturday, September 5, 2009 2:05 pm TWN, AFP

Wealthy developer gunned down on Sydney street

SYDNEY -- An Australian property developer who once tried to sue the Sultan of Brunei was gunned down in front of his young son outside their exclusive Sydney home, police said Friday.

Michael McGurk, 45, was shot once in the head by a lone gunman as he stepped from his luxury Mercedes in the harbourside suburb of Cremorne with his 10-year-old son on Thursday night, said Superintendent Geoff Beresford. Beresford would not confirm claims McGurk had feared a hitman was on his trail and had approached police to ask for protection, but said the developer appeared to be the victim of a callous and “very targeted” act.

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