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UPDATE 3.10pm: POLICE will not say whether an improvised bomb found outside the home of a senior Bandido is linked to an escalating bikie war.
Rosehill local area commander Superintendent Garry Simms said the “homemade improvised device” was currently undergoing further examination. He said the improvised explosive device - which contained several litres of a combustible liquid in a bottle - was not capable of detonating on its own. He said local detectives, along with the State Crime Command, were examining the case, however the recently-formed Strike Force Raptor, set up to quell bikie crime, was yet to be called in. He urged the anonymous male triple 0 caller who tipped police off to the location of the bomb to contact police again so that he could shed further light on the incident. Last night, after the tip-off, bomb squad officers were rushed to the house to defuse a home-made bomb found in the garage of a senior Bandido bikie member. Police sealed off Augustus St, Merrylands, evacuating neighbours while members of the rescue and bomb squads attended the home. Despite requests from police to evacuate, Mostafa Jouayde, 29, president of the Parramatta chapter of the Bandidos refused to leave.
He accused those responsible for the attacks on the home he shares with his wife and 19-month-old daughter of being cowards.
"You want to see me, see me in the street. Say it like a man," he said. "Don't bring it to my door step. This is chickens . . . roaming behind my back door."
Police received a tip off about the bomb just before 8.30pm with an unidentified male saying it was located in the garage.
The heavily-fortified house, which has bullet proof front windows and a reinforced double brick rear wall, also had CCTV cameras covering the rear of the property.
Mr Jouayde said he was confident he knew who was behind the attack and believes police are unlikely to solve the ongoing feud. "I'll solve it myself" he said. "We're stubborn ... where are they going to put us all, do they have the space in jail? The police think it's about drugs, money and turf. "I guarantee it's not about that, it's more than that."
