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Unravel

04 | Operation Jackhammer

Unravel

ABC Australia

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture

0.00 Ratings

🗓️ 4 September 2023

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

A risky undercover operation strikes at the heart of the firebombing gang. But in this episode of Unravel True Crime, hatred reverberates around the city, and lives are lost.

(Audio of Russell Willey courtesy of Anthony Buckley AM, from the film ‘Nazi Supergrass’)

Transcript

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0:00.0

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0:07.0

Just before we start, this episode contains some strong language and descriptions of violence. The bomb in the Coast Singh restaurant, the one that was made from mine explosives, wrapped in little bits of wire, and the man who set that bomb lived right nearby.

0:31.0

After I set the fuse, ran back to my place and was sprinted, which is about 3 or 400 yards away, and just

0:37.7

as I've reached the front door, she's gone up. And we've bolted through the front door and the windows are reverberating the whole

0:47.2

ground shaking. It was a huge explosion. Inside the house he rips off the Balaclava and army-style jumper he's been wearing.

0:56.0

He's got no idea that he's left the thread from this jumper behind at the crime scene.

1:01.0

It'll become clear later why you're hearing his voice.

1:05.0

We went straight through to the washing machine, took our clothes off and started washing

1:10.0

them straight away. I never let the missus do that. I didn't want to let

1:13.0

know what I was up to and promptly got into bed.

1:18.0

He struggles to sleep. The adrenaline is pumping.

1:21.0

So when morning finally comes, he gets up and switches on the radio.

1:27.0

The latest attack happened just after 3 o'clock this morning and police say it's the 6th explosion at a Perth Asian restaurant in less than 12 months.

1:38.0

When I got up it was on all the major news items.

1:43.0

Damage was estimated at $50,000.

1:46.2

It's still early, only just light.

1:49.6

He gets dressed, gets in his car, and drives towards the headquarters of the gang he's in.

1:54.3

On his way there he swings past the restaurant he's just blown up.

1:58.5

And that was quite eerie watching what was going on at six o'clock in the morning outside the

2:03.8

restaurant it was cordoned off by police all the television stations there

2:08.4

interviewing the owners and I remember driving past that carnage and thinking to myself if only they knew I was driving past.

2:20.0

And when he gets to the house, the front is fortified with sandbags and there's a man waiting.

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