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'Clearly targeted': Police link organised crime to Sydney mum’s alleged kidnapping, murder

  • Five armed men kidnapped 45-year-old Kim Tran from her Bankstown home around 10:30 pm Thursday.
  • Police link the targeted attack to the victim's male partner's alleged ties to an organised crime network involved in drug manufacturing.
  • During the kidnapping, assailants allegedly struck an eight-year-old boy at the residence with a baseball bat.
  • Superintendent Rodney Hart called the violence "unheard of," and police will conduct a six-kilometre CCTV search.
  • Authorities found a burnt-out vehicle containing suspected human remains an hour later, while the assaulted child remains in hospital.
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'They're callous': mother-of-two allegedly murdered over partner's drug feud

Kidnapping and murder of Thi Kim Tran in Bankstown linked to partner's organised crime drug feud. Police raid Victorian methamphetamine drug lab .

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PerthNow broke the news in City of Perth, Australia on Sunday, April 20, 2025.
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