Police have charged a 36-year-old man with kidnapping after two children were allegedly abducted from their home in Melbourne’s east and their mother was bound and gagged.
Police allege the children, aged three and five, were taken from their home in Blackburn North about 8.45am on Monday.
Police at the Blackburn North home on Tuesday. Credit:Eddie Jim
In a statement on Wednesday morning, police alleged the 36-year-old entered the property while the mother and children were inside.
"The male allegedly assaulted the 32-year-old woman then left the property in the family's black Mercedes Benz, taking the children with him," the statement said.
"Police are treating the matter as a targeted incident."
Police found the children in the vehicle almost 12 hours later at a property in Cochrane Street in Mitcham, where they arrested four people.
On Wednesday, they said they arrested the 36-year-old at a property in the suburb about 7.20pm on Tuesday, and two men and a woman had since been released without charge.
The family home in Blackburn North.Credit:Edie Jim
They said the 36-year-old was charged with two counts of kidnapping, aggravated burglary using a weapon, armed robbery, falsely imprisoning someone, three counts of common assault, and stealing a motor vehicle.
He was remanded to appear before the Melbourne Magistrates' Court on Wednesday.
The children's mother was on Tuesday released from hospital and reunited with her family.
Cassandra Morgan is a breaking news reporter at The Age.
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