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The leader of a gang suspected of being behind the Dalston drive-by shooting that left a nine-year-old girl fighting for her life has been assassinated in Moldova, it has emerged.
Izzet Eren, the boss of London’s notorious Tottenham Turks gang, was shot seven times as he sat outside a café wearing shorts, sliders and a baseball cap in the capital, Chisinaua, on Wednesday.
It’s understood that the 41-year-old was killed instantly after three bullets fired from a gunman riding by on an electric scooter struck him in the head. The attacker, wearing a helmet, then fled the scene.
British detectives are said to be investigating whether the gang leader’s death is related to the shooting in Dalston, north east London, on May 29, The Mirror reports.
An investigation was launched after a young girl was shot in the head and critically injured, while three men, aged 26, 37 and …