The two Sydney sisters were cruising down the Croydon Park shopping street when their windshield shattered with a bang.

Julia and Jane, who asked for pseudonyms to be used, were driving along Georges River Road on the evening of Sunday, October 5, when 60-year-old Artemios Mintzas allegedly fired a high-calibre rifle from his apartment window.

Jane slammed on the brakes as glass shattered around them. Unbeknownst to them, her new Mazda had stopped directly outside Mintzas’ apartment.

Trapped in their car for nearly two hours as around 50 bullets were fired around their car, Julia says she felt forgotten during the reign of terror.

“It was just bang, bang, bang. The car was shaking and we thought the tyres were blowing out,” Julia said.

Ducking as low as they could behind the dash, Jan

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