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The Sydney Morning Herald
· collected 2026-10-02 · by Amber Schultz, Riley Walter
Three men aged 18, 19, and 20 have been arrested for allegedly committing two separate home invasions in Sydney's southwest in September 2026. In the first attack on September 1, they assaulted a 32-year-old woman in Bankstown and stole money; in the second attack on October 4, one of them sexually assaulted another woman while the trio threatened her with a knife and stole money at her home in Arncliffe. All three were charged with multiple serious offenses including aggravated break and enter, robbery, choking, and sexual assault.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-02,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
Three men have been charged after allegedly committing two separate home invasions in Sydney’s south-western suburbs within a month, targeting women aged 31 and 32. The first attack occurred on Tuesday at midnight, with the suspects entering a house on Marinea Street in Arncliffe, threatening a woman with a knife and sexually assaulting her before stealing money; she was hospitalized for minor injuries. A second incident took place around 12:30 am Thursday when three men broke into a unit on Jacobs Street in Bankstown, assaulted another woman and stole cash; she too suffered minor injuries and required hospitalization.
Police executed searches in Belmore, Punchbowl, and Greenacre on Thursday evening, leading to the arrests. The arrested individuals are aged 18, 19, and 20, with the 19-year-old charged specifically for sexually assaulting one of the victims. Police stated that Strike Force Forela combined both investigations under allegations including aggravated break-ins, sexual assault, robbery, deprivation of liberty, choking, common assault, and weapon use during indictable offenses.
The suspects were refused bail and are scheduled to appear in court on Friday. These incidents highlight escalating violent crimes against women within their homes, drawing significant public concern and law enforcement scrutiny.
Written for “Sydney Home Invasions Attacks” on 2026-10-05,
grounded in this article and the 4 other(s) covering the same event.
Three men have been arrested after allegedly physically and sexually assaulting two women in two separate home invasions in Sydney’s south-west, including choking one woman while she was held captive.
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The trio, aged 18, 19 and 20, allegedly forced their way into a unit on Jacobs Street, Bankstown, just after midnight on September 1, 2026, where they allegedly assaulted a 32-year-old woman and stole money.
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they → age → money
A month later on Tuesday, the three men allegedly forced their way into a second woman’s home on Marinea Street in Arncliffe, allegedly threatening a 31-year-old with a knife and stealing money.
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The 19-year-old allegedly twice sexually assaulted her.
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Both women were taken to hospital for treatment of minor injuries.
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On Tuesday, strike force detectives, alongside Public Order and Riot Squad, Southwest Metropolitan Operations Support Group, and local police, executed three search warrants in Belmore, Punchbowl, and Greenacre.
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Chawkat Ibrahim El Cheikh, 20, was arrested in Belmore and taken to Burwood Police Station, where he was charged with aggravated break and enter and deprivation of liberty, aggravated robbery and deprivation of liberty, two counts of choke person intent to commit an indictable offence, common assault and use of an offensive weapon in company with intent to commit an indictable offence.
He was refused bail to appear at Burwood Local Court on Friday.
Arman Nangyal,19, was arrested in Punchbowl and taken to Campsie Police Station, where he was charged with aggravated break and enter and deprivation of liberty, two counts of choking a person with intent to commit an indictable offence, two counts of aggravated sex assault-deprivation of liberty, aggravated robbery and deprivation of liberty, common assault, use of an offensive weapon in company with intent to commit an indictable offence and fail to comply with a digital evidence access order direction.
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Adam Fakhouri,18, was arrested in Greenacre and taken to Bankstown Police Station, where he was charged with aggravated break and deprivation of liberty, aggravated robbery and deprivation of liberty, two counts of choking a person with intent to commit an indictable offence, common assault and use of an offensive weapon in company with intent to commit an indictable offence.
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Fakhouri and Nangyal were refused bail to appear at Bankstown Local Court on Friday.
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Nangyal was on conditional release at the time of the alleged offences.
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In June, he had been found guilty of assault occasioning actual bodily harm in the company of others and destroying or damaging property, but no conviction was recorded.
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conviction → find → property
He was issued an 18-month conditional release order.
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