Erdal Ozmen was shot dead aged 45 on Dynevor Road, near Stoke Newington High Street, on Tuesday (August 5).

Research by Hackney Gazette shows the man was involved in an infamous gang called the Bombacilar, Turkish for The Bombers, according to archive BBC reports .

The crime scene in Stoke Newington (Image: Ben Gardner) The BBC states that the Bombacilar was created by Abdullah Baybasin.

Baybasin was once alleged to have controlled 90 per cent of the heroin on Britain’s streets from a shop in Haringey by police, though he was cleared of a drug smuggling charge, according to the Times .

The Bombacilar specialised in extorting Kurdish and Turkish businesses in the UK.

On one occasion, 20 people forced their way into a Turkish cafe in Stoke Newington - which was

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