<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>Warning: This story contains graphic content.</span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police have charged a second alleged "kill crew" today over the kidnapping and murder of an organised crime network member's wife in Sydney last year. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Thi Kim Tran, 45, was at her home in Bankstown about 10.30pm on April 17 when a group of men allegedly forced their way in and kidnapped her at gunpoint.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The men are accused of assaulting an eight-year-old boy with a baseball bat, putting him in a coma, before forcing the woman into an SUV.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>LIVE UPDATES:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/us-israel-iran-war-live-updates-march-27-donald-trump-latest-world-news-headlines/360c2a9e-82b1-4a00-88b0-0938f1e38e40" rel="" target="_blank" title="Trump hits out at Australia, UK and NATO"><strong><span>Trump hits out at Australia, UK and NATO</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A 15-year-old boy also present during the home invasion was taken to hospital for assessment.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>About an hour later, a car was found burning on Welfare Avenue in nearby Beverly Hills.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/second-alleged-kill-crew-trio-charged-with-kidnapping-and-murdering-kim-tran/85029d8e-36af-44d4-894a-70eaebc475a2" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Fire crews extinguished the blaze, but the car was destroyed and police found Tran dead inside.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police allege the woman was likely targeted due to her husband's involvement with a Victorian-based organised criminal network.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Four have been previously charged and remain before the courts.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/petrol-prices-fines-for-dodgy-petrol-pricing-doubled-as-fuel-crisis-continues/f34aa351-537d-424e-9f44-cbfbba0f5e17"><strong><span>Fines for dodgy petrol pricing doubled as fuel crisis continues</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Detectives will allege a second "kill crew" were waiting at a rural property in Victoria for Tran's husband with the intention of killing him.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>When he failed to appear, Sydney-based offenders allegedly kidnapped Tran in a bid to force his compliance, before ultimately killing her.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Since last December, five others have been charged over their alleged role in Tran's abduction and murder.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>On December 16, police arrested a 26-year-old man following a raid on a property in Monterey in southern Sydney.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Later on January 16, detectives arrested a man aged 22 at Sydney airport before they took into custody a 30-year-old man at the same location on February 21.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>On March 16, two men – aged 18 and 25 – were arrested in Silverwater and Lithgow.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>All were refused bail and charged with murder, firearms offences and participating in criminal group activity.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><em><strong><span>NEVER MISS A STORY:</span></strong></em><span> 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