Information caravan for Chaouk killing

Victorian police will set up an information caravan as they investigate the murder
of crime family patriarch Macchour Chaouk.
Chaouk, 65, was gunned down in the backyard of his home in Geelong Road at Brooklyn,
in Melbourne's west, last Friday morning.
Homicide squad detectives will staff the information caravan near the Chaouk house
between 9.30am and 12.30pm (AEST) on Friday in a bid to gather further evidence on
the killing.
They have appealing for witnesses who have not contacted police to come forward.
Police are protecting the home of a key suspect in the killing to prevent revenge
attacks.
Deputy Commissioner Ken Jones said on Tuesday the protection given to Ahmed Haddara,
who was questioned and released by police after Chaouk's murder on Friday, was part
of police steps to ensure there was no retaliation.
But he said it was the same protection offered to all Victorians.
"We've taken steps and measures to guard against further violence and anyone else
that's thinking along those lines, just let us do our jobs - don't take the law into
your own hands," Sir Ken told Fairfax Radio.
"I said the other day, protection is available to all the citizens of this great
state and that will always remain so."
In the hours after Chaouk's killing, some family members were swearing to take
revenge, while on Sunday one relative said there would be no wake for Chaouk "until
other right people are buried".
Sir Ken reiterated his call for calm and said it was the "febrile atmosphere" around
such killings that stimulated retaliation and police were working to dissolve that.
Chaouk was farewelled by 100 mourners at the Preston Mosque on Monday under heavy
police scrutiny.



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