<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Two suspects have been arrested over the </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/shooting-vietnam-australian-crime-family/2649d7a5-1f26-4e25-b10e-c9e9e24e4507"><span>assassination of Coconut Cartel boss Lorenzo Lemalu</span></a><span> in </span><a href="http://9news.com.au/vietnam"><span>Vietnam</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Sydney's gang war spilled onto the streets of Ho Chi Minh City when the 24-year-old was shot dead outside a restaurant on Thursday evening.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Today, Vietnam's Ministry of Public Security announced two suspects "involved in the shooting incident against a group of foreigners" in the Ben Thanh Ward had been arrested.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/guzman-y-gomez-class-action-lawsuit-chicago-usa-closure/d3e25fe9-692b-47a3-9e1f-66df1deea20f"><strong><span>This Aussie fast food chain is being sued in the US</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It said the arrests had been carried out by the ministry's operational units and Ho Chi Minh City Police.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>In footage of the shooting that emerged last week, a hooded hitman in a hat exits a restaurant circling behind Lemalu and his associates before unleashing several shots from a pistol.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Lemalu runs inside and crashes onto the floor.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/world/two-arrested-over-ho-chi-minh-city-assassination-of-australian-gang-figure/007c84a6-663c-4513-bb87-86035e2a1d11" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The Vietnamese ministry confirmed a second person was also injured.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Lemalu was a senior figure in the Coconut Cartel after cutting ties with a gang linked with Sydney's Alameddine family.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police are investigating if the shooting is linked to the ongoing struggle for the drug trade that's caused escalating violence across Sydney.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Trang Bang Ward Police in Tay Ninh released images and names of two Australian men they wanted to speak to in connection with the shooting.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It was unclear whether they were the two suspects arrested today.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Retired NSW Police sergeant Glenn Gorick said the assassination was a "warning".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"If they can find you in Vietnam, they can find you anywhere," he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The ministry said it was investigating, verifying and handling the suspects in accordance with the law.</span></div></div>