Hackney Bombers kingpin Abdullah Baybasin — whose mob once controlled 90 per cent of Britain’s heroin trade — was deported for drug and gun crimes.
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The wheelchair-user gangster, 64, was seen in a Barcelona restaurant last month with German-Turk drug lord Tekin Kartal, 30, who was shot dead soon after leaving.
Members of the Baybasin clan went on social media to deny involvement.
Yet last Wednesday a leading figure in Baybasin’s old gang was the intended target of a shooting at a restaurant in Dalston, North East London, sparking fears it was a tit-for-tat revenge.
He escaped unharmed but a stray bullet hit the girl.
Three men linked to the Hackney Bombers were injured.
They were aged 37, 42, and 44.
No arrests were made.
A source said: “It’s too early to say if the attack was directly linked to the Barcelona hit, but Kartal was an underworld figure with interests across Europe.
“There is always a fallout, with people looking to exploit weakness in rival organisations.
“There’s no doubt police will be looking into the wider context.”