Two men seriously injured after violent home invasion and kidnapping in Melbourne’s south-east

Police tape and detectives lined the residential street this morning following reports that three offenders had broken into a house just after 5am.

Two men in the home were attacked before one of the men was kidnapped, police said.

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

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

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

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

Neighbors told 9News they saw a trail of blood splattered across the sidewalk for at least a mile and saw a young woman being comforted at the scene this morning.

Detectives and forensic investigators spent much of the day scouring the accident scene for clues.

No arrests have been made.

Investigators believe it was a targeted incident

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