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Two men seriously injured after violent home invasion and kidnapping

A terrifying home invasion and kidnapping has transpired on a suburban street in Melbourne, leaving two men seriously injured.

Police tape and detectives lined the residential street this morning following reports three offenders broke into a home just after 5am.

Two men inside the home were assaulted before one of the men was kidnapped, police said.

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A terrifying home invasion and kidnapping has transpired on a suburban street in Melbourne, leaving two men with serious injuries.

A 35-year-old man was driven to a home several suburbs away, where he was later released, police said.

He was taken to hospital with significant injuries, police said.

A 54-year-old man was taken to hospital from the original scene with an upper body injury, Ambulance Victoria said.

A 35-year-old woman who was home at the time was uninjured, but was taken to hospital for observation, Ambulance Victoria said.

Neighbours told 9News they saw a blood trail at least a kilometre long spattered across the footpath and saw a young woman being consoled near the scene this morning.

Detectives and forensics have spent much of the day scouring the scene for clues.

No arrests have been made.

Investigators believe it was a targeted incident.

Anyone with information or dashcam/CCTV footage is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or submit a confidential report online at www.crimestoppersvic.com.au.

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Teenager locked up and charged with widower’s kidnapping murder

The fourth person charged over the alleged mistaken-identity kidnapping and murder of elderly grandfather Chris Baghsarian is also accused of arson.

Moustafa Ohrok, 19, did not apply for bail in Mt Druitt Local Court today after being charged with the murder of the 85-year-old in February.

Ohrok was arrested yesterday, after Baghsarian was taken from his home in Sydney's north in the early hours of February 13.

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Three others have already been charged and remain before the courts.

NSW Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon said the young man arrested yesterday was involved in the initial abduction of Baghsarian.

"We're alleging this 19-year-old actually provided a firearm that was used in his initial kidnapping," Lanyon told 2GB radio.

Investigators are continuing to look into other possible suspects, he said.

Ohrok faced two separate charges in court yesterday of damaging property by fire and participating in a criminal group.

He will next face Parramatta Local Court on the arson matter on May 21.

The 19-year-old will appear in Penrith Local Court on the murder and kidnap charges on June 12.

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The widower was not the intended target and had been taken in a case of mistaken identity, police have said.

They made several public appeals, urging the kidnappers to release the 85-year-old and return him to his family.

But on February 24, his body was found near a golf club in Pitt Town in Sydney's northwest.

Police suspect the perpetrators aimed to abduct a relative of Sydney businessman Dimitri Stepanyan, who lived on the same street as Baghsarian, with the hope of receiving a $50 million ransom.

Investigators believe Baghsarian was killed on the night of February 14 at a makeshift stronghold in Dural, about a half-hour drive from where his remains were found.

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A growing number of underworld attacks have permeated Sydney streets, with Lanyon saying the city is dealing with a very different organised crime environment.

"We are seeing young people predominantly being contracted online to conduct very serious criminal activity," he said.

"There are a lot of young people who are seeing what they believe to be an easy dollar but not understanding the ramifications … the crime of murder carries life."

Five others, including a 15-year-old boy, were charged today over a separate kidnapping in south-west Sydney.

The group are accused of beating up a bodyguard with a baseball bat and abducting him in his own car before being freed by police an hour later.

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