Saif Jouda murder arrest.

Sydney man arrested over alleged shooting murder in Horsley Park of Palestinian immigrant

9News
October 9 2015

Police have arrested a man over the alleged shooting murder of a man in Sydney's west earlier this year.

Saif Jouda had only been in Australia for three months when he was shot dead at the door of his Horsley Park home on April 23.

He had moved to the country to be with his fiancée, who he met in Palestine and proposed to three years ago.

Police dogs were able to track a scent from the crime scene, west along The Horsley Drive, to an area where a foot impression was located.

Police suspected the shooter may have parked their vehicle nearby, walked to Mr Jouda's home on foot, and then walked back following the shooting.

Detectives from Fairfield Local Area Command and the State Crime Command's Homicide Squad established Strike Force Interface as a result, to investigate Mr Jouda's alleged murder.

At about 7.40am today, a 47-year-old Granville man was arrested on Byron Street in Yennora.

He has been taken to Fairfield Police Station to assist police with their investigation.