Two men charged over alleged Sydney kidnapping which left one victim with severed finger

The men have been charged with kidnapping offences after a couple was allegedly abducted in the Sydney suburb of Fairfield

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Two men have been charged over the alleged kidnapping of a man and a woman in Sydney’s southwest, which police say left one of the victims with a severed finger.

The alleged victims - a 26-year-old man and a 24-year-old woman - were walking towards a car park at Fairfield in Sydney’s southwest on 18 January when they were grabbed by two men wearing balaclavas, NSW police said.