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This morning, a residential street was cordoned off with police tape as detectives responded to an early morning break-in involving three suspects, reported shortly after 5 a.m.
According to police, two men inside the house were attacked, and one of them was subsequently abducted.
The kidnapped individual, a 35-year-old man, was transported to a different location several suburbs away before eventually being released, authorities confirmed.
He sustained severe injuries and was transported to the hospital for treatment, police reported.
Additionally, a 54-year-old man from the initial crime scene was hospitalized with injuries to his upper body, as stated by Ambulance Victoria.
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.
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