The ruthless gunmen who executed one Aussie and left another fighting for life in Bali may have already fled the island before the police manhunt could even begin.
Mystery surrounds who ordered the suspected gangland hit which is believed to be linked to Melbourne‘s feuding Middle Eastern crime gangs.
Zivan ‘Stipe’ Radmanovic, 35, and Sanar Ghanim, 34, from Melbourne, were shot just after midnight on Saturday at a villa in Munggu, in Badung Regency in Bali’s south.
Radmanovic died at the scene after he was shot twice in the chest and once in the foot, while Ghanim is fighting for life in Kuta’s BIMC Hospital after he was reportedly shot seven times.
Police found 17 bullet casings and 55 bullet fragments at the scene.
The killers – said by witnesses to have ‘thick Australian accents’ – were last seen fleeing the villa on scooters.
Now Bali detectives fear the hit squad went straight to the nearby airport and immediately flew out of the country while police were still rushing to the scene.
Ghanim is the former partner of Danielle Stephens, stepdaughter of slain Underbelly drug kingpin Carl Williams, and the couple had a daughter together.
Radmanovic was a career criminal with a lengthy list of 175 court appearances, and was at the villa with his partner Jazmyn Gourdeas who witnessed the ruthless attack.
Zivan ‘Stipe’ Radmanovic, 35, pictured here with his wife Jazmyn Gourdeas, 30, was shot dead in Bali
Sanar Ghanim is pictured after the attack in Bali
Stipe Radmanovic is believed to have died in the villa’s toilet while Sanar Ghanim was taken to hospital after he was gunned down in bedroom (pictured)
Her sister Daniella Gourdeas is linked on social media to assassinated Melbourne gangster Sam ‘The Punisher’ Abdulrahim.
Ghanim is said to have been in the villa with his wife, identified only by local police as Daniella, when the gunmen struck.
The Gourdeas family link to Abdulrahim comes five months after the notorious gangster was also gunned down in an underworld hit in a hotel car park in Melbourne’s north.
The bikie-turned-boxer had previously been the target of three murder contracts, a prison bashing, three assaults, a dozen fire bombings and seven shootings.
Radmanovic appeared to be a devoted dad who loved his mum, but a touching family picture of him in October 2020 revealed he was wearing an electronic ankle monitor on his left leg.
In Victoria, ankle monitors are most commonly worn by suspected major drug dealers who can afford the expensive self-funded devices worn while on bail.
Radmanovic shared a close bond with his stepchildren, particularly Ms Gourdeas’ daughter Olympia, now aged five.
Radmanovic (pictured wearing an ankle monitor with his wife Ms Gourdeas and stepdaughter) was a career criminal who had a long history of run-ins with the law
Radmanovic posed with his mother in a photo shared on social media with the caption: ‘I love you with all my heart and soul’
He began dating Ms Gourdeas when Olympia was eight months old and described becoming a stepdad as the ‘biggest blessing’ in an emotional tribute for the youngster’s first birthday.
‘I can’t wait to watch you grow and become the amazing and gorgeous girl that I know you will become,’ Radmanovic wrote to his stepdaughter on Facebook.
‘You, your siblings and your mum Jazmyn Gourdeas are the biggest blessing in my life and I’m so grateful for you all coming into my life!! I love you Olympia and I hope you have a beautiful day princess!!’
Radmanovic’s social media is littered with family pictures of his wife, stepchildren, mother and grandmother.
In one picture, where he embraced his grandmother, who he affectionately called ‘Baba’, he thanked her for making ‘me the man I am today’.
‘I love you with all my heart baba, words can’t describe how much I appreciate everything you’ve done for me,’ he wrote.
In another picture, Radmanovic posed with his mother and wrote: ‘I love you with all my heart and soul.’
Radmanovic embared his grandmother (pictured) in an emotional post in which he thanked her for raising him
Radmanovic was a dedicated family man and shared a close bond with his stepdaughter (pictured)
On the night of the brutal shooting, The Bali Tribune reported Radmanovic’s wife was asleep when she heard her husband screaming at 12.15am.
Peeking out from behind a blanket, she saw a man wearing an orange jacket and a second man gunning down her husband in the toilet.
Images from the villa show a man, believed to be Radmanovic, lying motionless next to a toilet. Moments later, Ms Gourdeas heard more gunfire before Ghanim screamed.
It’s understood Ghanim suffered seven gunshot wounds in his bed before Ms Gourdeas tried to stop the bleeding as they waited for emergency services to arrive.
‘[She] ran out of the room and shouted when she saw Sanar was bleeding and went back to the toilet to check her husband’s condition by checking his pulse,’ an unnamed Bali Police officer told local media.
‘After seeing the perpetrator escape outside the villa, this witness helped the victim of Sanar stop the bleeding.’
A fourth person in the villa – believed to be another family member – told police she saw a gunman in a green jacket wearing a mask and a helmet burst into their room.
Ms Gourdeas hid under bedsheets while her husband was brutally murdered in the next room in their Bali villa (both pictured)
Radmanovic (pictured) had appeared in court 175 times
She heard more gunshots and a window being smashed before the hit squad ran from room to room in the villa as she fled for her life.
‘The witness ran out the villa before she saw two motorcycles [or scooters] parked outside while she heard more gunshots,’ added the police officer.
‘[She ran to] the main road where she asked for help.’
By the time bystanders had calmed the down and taken her back to the villa, police were already on the scene.
The gangland connection has fuelled speculation the shooting was a targeted attack.
Bali Police Chief Inspector Daniel Adityajaya said on Sunday they were liaising with Australian Federal Police on the investigation.
‘Our team are still working on it,’ he told Daily Mail Australia.
‘We have coordinate with the Immigration, the Australian Federal Police, the forensic team, and many other institution to uncover this case.’
Bullet holes can be seen in the glass door of the villa where the horrific shooting took place (pictured)
Local media outlets reported Radmanovic’s wife, Jazmyn Gourdeas (pictured left), saw the alleged shooter fleeing the scene
Badung Police chief Arif Batubara added: ‘We are currently still in the investigation phase.
‘The forensic lab team is also still conducting a comprehensive investigation in the field.
‘The investigation also involving Indonesia Automatic Fingerprint Identification System (INAFIS team), mobile brigade (Brimob), the forensic lab, K9 unit (dog unit), and rapid response unit (Sabhara).
‘The National Police Headquarters (Mabes) is also assisting.
From the crime scene investigation conducted yesterday, several bullet holes were found at the scene.’
Photos taken at the scene showed the area taped off, while a trail of blood stained the step at the doorway to the villa.
Radmanovic’s body was taken to Prof. Ngoerah Hospital in Bali for an autopsy.
The Bali attack comes after exiled Melbourne tobacco overlord Kazem ‘Kaz’ Hamad is suspected by Australian underworld figures of ordering the hit on Abdulrahim.
It’s understood two men with ‘thick Australian accents’ were involved in the shooting and allegedly spotted fleeing the scene
Slain gangster Sam ‘The Punisher’ Abdulrahim had links to Radmanovic’s wife’s family
Abdulrahim reportedly went into hiding in May 2024 after narrowly escaping an ambush outside his northern suburbs home, where gunmen shot at him 17 times.
In his last weeks alive, Abdulrahim was said to have become ‘something of a ghost’ as he moved between Melbourne, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand.
It’s understood Abdulrahim flew into Melbourne the day before his as-yet unsolved murder.
Hamad rules his criminal empire from the Middle East with violence and extortion and underworld sources say the ruthless kingpin has the means to order an offshore hit.
Abdulrahim’s dwindling allies were believed to have gone into hiding themselves after his murder.
