A bloody internal feud engulfing one of Australia's biggest bikie gangs has been reignited, with a clubhouse allegedly stormed by gun-wielding bikies and a man severely bashed.
A source linked to the Comanchero gang says rival bosses are preparing for battle after the ambush on the club's newest chapter on Wednesday night.
The ABC has been told about 80 Comanchero dressed in black stormed into the gang's South clubhouse in the southern Sydney suburb of Turrella with guns and torches.
About 20 members who had gathered for a meeting were allegedly told their chapter was being shut down.
They were ordered to defect or else hand over their Comanchero patches.
The source says a number of men were bashed, including a veteran Comanchero and another man called Ali El Ali, who showed up to Bankstown Hospital with a broken jaw, nose and ribs.
Police from the anti-bikie Strike Force Raptor are investigating the assault of Mr El Ali but say they have received no information about any violence at the Turrella clubhouse.
The ambush followed two months of disquiet within the gang, sparked by the surprise establishment of the South chapter in April.
The chapter was set up by Mohammad "Mick" Hijazi but he soon flew to Lebanon when publicity about the expansion ratcheted up tensions within the gang.
The source says Mr Hijazi is now planning to return to Sydney to defend his territory.
"It's gonna be a war," he said.
Police believe the gang has been torn by a power struggle, with Comanchero leader Mark Buddle trying to stamp his authority on the club as national president.
Last November Mr Buddle's cousin, John Devine, survived an attempt on his life in the Sydney suburb of Rhodes which left him with critical gunshot wounds to the stomach.
Two days earlier junior gang member Faalau Pisu was shot dead and two others were injured in an indiscriminate gun attack on a Comanchero wedding in Canley Vale.
Police believe both attacks were part of the leadership feud.
New South Wales Police claimed victory against the Comanchero last month when they dismantled the gang's Milperra clubhouse and arrested four members, including senior bikie Giacomo "Jack" Dipizio.