looks like a full scale war has broken down in Australia. The Hells Angels' clubhouse got blown up, a nearby tattoo shop got shot up  



looks like a full scale war has broken down in Australia. The Hells Angels' clubhouse got blown up, a nearby tattoo shop got shot up, several drive-by shootings between the Bandidos and the Rebels and a feud between the Angels and the Comancheros. The Rebel's clubhouse got fire bombed last week. According to the Hells Angels, it's going to get worse. A total of 1090 "bikies" (as gangs are called in Australia) are present in the area. The Hells Angels is the smallest group, with 50 members.BIKIE gang war may be about to erupt in inner Sydney after a Hells Angels' clubhouse was blown up and a nearby tattoo shop was shot up yesterday.While the attack came out of left field for police, who had recently quelled another bikie feud between different gangs, a Hells Angels member at the scene of yesterday's chaos warned: "It's going to get worse."Gangs Squad detectives are yet to pinpoint just who carried out the attack, although one bikie source suggested it was the work of a rival gang.Senior police sources told The Daily Telegraph there was no obvious lead-up to yesterday's attacks, with the explosion at the city chapter's heavily-fortified Petersham clubhouse heard several suburbs away.It follows a series of tit-for-tat driveby shootings between the Bandidos and the Rebels late last year which came to a sudden halt when police outed the gangs responsible.At least 10 retail and residential property owners were facing bills for broken windows and property damage from the attacks, which both occurred about 2am.The clubhouse, in Crystal St near Parramatta Rd, was a scene of chaos, with blackened wreckage strewn across the street.Police are still determining what was used as an explosive.Platinum Ink tattoo shop, just around the corner, was also riddled with bullets in a shooting police believe was also an attack against the Hells Angels.Police are looking for at least two men who sped from the area in a dark four-wheel-drive moments after the explosion.Damage from the explosion - which shook the beds of sleeping residents nearby - could be seen up to 100m away.Police said it was miraculous no one was hurt. "The potential for loss of life was absolutely real," Superintendent David Earley said.One police source said there had not been conflict between the Angels and any other club recently, although the Comancheros had been feuding with the Angels last year."There's been no conflicts with them (the Hells Angels) for a while. It could be anyone," one police source said.Gangs Squad commander Detective Superintendent Mal Lanyon told The Daily Telegraph that police were keeping an open mind about who was responsible.The Rebels were the target of a firebombing outside their Leppington clubhouse last week but did not report it to police.However, one long-time Rebels associate yesterday said the Rebels did not carry out yesterday's attack, suggesting another gang, possibly the Comancheros, may have done

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