Summarize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs Loading“If you recognise the man in the face fit, have any knowledge of those involved or the location of the car – a dark-coloured BMW X3 or X5 – I cannot implore you enough to find it in yourself to do the right thing and come forward,” said Detective Inspector Chris Murray from the arson and explosives squad.Murray said police believe the offenders had intended to target another unit in the same building where Tangey was staying in.“They were going after this group of units, and we have information to suggest it was tobacco related,” he said.“I’d suggest they were after a [home] in this vicinity, but they got the wrong address.”Murray said police were still trying to determine who the actual target was, but also that he didn’t believe they were still in danger.Police began releasing new information about the investigation to the public at 7am on Thursday.They said the timing was designed to capture the attention of “the same people who would have been going about their daily lives – a morning walk, a run, a school drop-off or commute to work” in the hours after Tangey died.“Investigators know [she] was completely innocent and had nothing to do with the illicit tobacco trade,” police said on Thursday.“Over the past seven weeks, a significant investigation has taken place to determine the motivation for the attack and who was responsible.”The police van was parked across the street from the Dover Street property on Thursday morning. A fence surrounded the concrete slab where the three-storey townhouse once stood – only the front steps and a letterbox remain intact. A red, blue and white scarf was tied around the fence.The information van set up by police in Truganina on Thursday.Credit: Chris HopkinsPolice have made a number of arrests in recent weeks connected to the tobacco war, partly thanks to a network of informers inside the syndicate of kingpin-in-exile Kazem “Kaz” Hamad. But they are yet to arrest any suspects over the Truganina fire.There have been more than 130 firebombings and at least three gangland murders – including that of underworld figure and boxer Sam “The Punisher” Abdulrahim in January – since the tobacco wars erupted in March 2023.The Morning Edition newsletter is our guide to the day’s most important and interesting stories, analysis and insights. Sign up here.
